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“Virtue became less the harsh and martial self-sacrifice of antiquity and more the modern willingness to get along with others for the sake of…

— Gordon S. Wood

In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.

— James Anthony Froude

“habits of virtue and vice are caused by acts”

— Aristotle

“The underlying logic of sacrifice was always the same: In order to gain the god's goodwill, destroy what you value most.”

— Barry B. Powell

“As an action, deciding to sacrifice oneself is nothing more than deciding to restore who we are by turning against what we’ve become.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It's a spiritual dissipation.

— Margaret Deland

“God gave laws to His people to bless them, not to burden them. Every rule either elevates the quality of human life or restores…

— Swindoll Charles R

“There are good qualities in every soul. We seldom meet any one who is wholly determined to do wrong, though there are some who…

— Francis M. Lyman

“To the untutored sage, the concentration of population was the prolific mother of all evils, moral no less than physical. He argued that food…

— Charles Alexander (Ohiyesa) Eastman

Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.

— Henri Frederic Amiel

And so, one of the reasons why I started my Charter for Compassion, was to bring the Golden Rule back to the center of…

— Karen Armstrong

“We are but the veriest, sorriest slaves of our stomach.  Reach not after morality and righteousness, my friends; watch vigilantly your stomach, and diet…

— Jerome K. Jerome