The sacrifice which causes sorrow to the doer of the sacrifice is no sacrifice. Real sacrifice lightens the mind of read more

The sacrifice which causes sorrow to the doer of the sacrifice is no sacrifice. Real sacrifice lightens the mind of the doer and gives him a sense of peace and joy. The Buddha gave up the pleasures of life because they had become painful to him.

Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.

Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater read more

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.

To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.

To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.

The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats' teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice.

The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats' teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

As soon as sacrifice becomes a duty and necessity to mankind. I see no limit to the horizon which opens read more

As soon as sacrifice becomes a duty and necessity to mankind. I see no limit to the horizon which opens before him.

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.

Artists must be sacrificed to their art. Like bees, they must put their lives into the sting they give.

Artists must be sacrificed to their art. Like bees, they must put their lives into the sting they give.