“Crude absurdities, trivial nonsense, and sublime truths are equally potent in readying people for self-sacrifice if they are accepted as the sole, eternal truth” PeopleIfsSelfTruthSacrificeEternalAcceptedNonsenseSoleAbsurditySublimeCrudeSelf Sacrifice Book:Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer Source: Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer
“Just as soon as any conviction of important truth becomes central and vital, there comes the desire to utter it - a desire which is immediate and irresistible. Sacrifice is gladness, service is joy, when such an idea becomes a commanding power.” ImportantIdeasTruthJoyDesireSacrificeTruth IsConvictionIrresistibleGladness Author:Richard Salter Storrs
“Kiss the hand of him who can renounce what he has publicly taught when convicted of his error, and who, with heartfelt joy, embraces truth, though with the sacrifice of favourite opinions.” ArtHandsTruthHappinessJoyOpinionSacrificeHonestyTaughtKissingEmbraceErrorsHeartfeltRenounce Author:Johann Kaspar Lavater
“Ah, the truth, what a thing it is! I sacrifice so much for it, with people: I forego, for truth's sake, discretion, loyalty, diplomacy, tact, polite manners, elegance, grace, poise, balance, good taste, conformity, image-role, fashionableness, polish, confidences, promises, ambition, consistency, identity, clarity, comprehensibleness, good will, hypocrisy, and lots of other things--amass sacrifice, at truth's altar. God! is truth worth it? I hope it is. It better be, in fact.” PeopleFactsTruthRolesGraceSacrificeIdentityBalancePromiseTasteAmbitionSakeLoyaltyClarityMannersHypocrisyConformityWorth ItConsistencyPoliteDiplomacyEleganceGood WillAltarsPolishDiscretionGood TasteTactPoise Author:Marvin L. Cohen
“A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.” MenLifeInspirationalWarTruthDeathDiesPeaceSacrificeTruth IsSuicideLibertarianAnti WarAphorismDevotedMartyrFanaticismSelf SacrificePeace WarMake Peace Not WarPeace Not WarTruenessLove SacrificeLove And SacrificeEvils Of War Author:Oscar Wilde
“May each of us remember this truth; 'one cannot forget mother and remember God. One cannot remember mother and forget God.' Why? Because these two sacred persons, God and mother, partners in creation, in love, in sacrifice, in service, are as one.” LoveMayPersonsTwoGodTruthRememberMotherForgetSacrificeCreationMomSacredPartnersServicePartnershipMormonismService And Sacrifice Author:Thomas S. Monson
“I worship God as Truth only. I have not yet found Him, but I am seeking after Him. I am prepared to sacrifice the things dearest to me in pursuit of this quest. Even if the sacrifice demanded my very life, I hope I may be prepared to give it.” IfsGivingMayTruthReligionFoundSacrificeWorshipPreparedSeekingPursuitQuestsBe PreparedWorship God Book:All Men Are Brothers Source: All Men Are Brothers