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.

We humans do, when the cause is sufficient, spend our lives. We throw ourselves onto the grenade to save our read more

We humans do, when the cause is sufficient, spend our lives. We throw ourselves onto the grenade to save our buddies in the foxhole. We rise out of the trenches and charge the entreched enemy and die like maggots under a blowtorch. We strap bombs on our bodies and blow ourselves up in the midst of our enemies. We are, when the cause is sufficient, insane.

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

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.

Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart.

Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart.

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.

Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.

Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.

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.

A man must be sacrificed now and again To provide for the next generation of men.

A man must be sacrificed now and again To provide for the next generation of men.