Of all the gods, Death only craves not gifts: Nor sacrifice, nor yet drink-offering poured Avails; no altars hath he, nor is soothed By hymns of prai….

Do the gods of different nations talk to each other?...Is there some annual get-together where they compare each other's worshippers? Mine will bow t….

In the Kingdom of Heaven, there is no grandeur to be won, inasmuch as there all is an established hierarchy, the unknown is revealed, existence is in….

You can not have significance in this life if it is all about you. You get your significance, you find your joy in life through service and sacrifice….

Grudge no expense - yield to no opposition - forget fatigue - till, by the strength of prayer and sacrifice, the spirit of love shall have overcome ..

It is a grave misconception to regard the mystical progress as passing mostly through ecstasies and raptures. On the contrary, it passes just as much….

I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent. It's a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a ce….

I personally think it would be a very liberating thing for women to allow themselves to understand that having it all incorporates sacrifice. It does….

"I'm not going to lose you, Kaylee. No matter what I have to do, or whom I have to fight. Even if that means quashing your vexing tendencies toward s….

God dwells in you, as you, and you don't have to 'do' anything to be God-realized or Self-realized, it is already your true and natural state. Ju….

I wanted to write; I sought all possible paths of personal liberation, but I could never sacrifice a living instant of life for the sake of a line to….

A good sacrifice is one that is not necessarily sound but leaves your opponent dazed and confused..

I fight for the man next to me. It don't matter about me, what matters about me is sacrificing for you; for the ultimate goal which is us..

If consumers are asked to make greater sacrifices than industry, this country is going to have its greatest shortage of all -- a shortage of consumer….

I didn’t accept your sacrifice. I turned it down.” I felt a small Oh form at my mouth, but it never quite made it past my lips. “Are you saying you g….

Altars should face the east, and should always be placed on a lower level than are the statues in the temples, so that those who are praying and sacr….

And this, and many other like blessings, we enjoy daily. And for most of them, because they be so common, most men forget to pay their praises: but l….

My mother is a very strange woman... She doesn't understand me in the least and doesn't love me much either. If she had either love or understanding ….

Very much indeed of what we call moral education is such an artificial modification and perversion of instinct; pugnacity is trained into courageous ….

If you win without sacrifice you enjoy it but it's more satisfying when you have struggled..

The sacrifice of personal existence is necessary to secure the preservation of the species..