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You have sacrificed justice to mercy. You have sacrificed independence to unity. You have sacrificed reason to faith. You have sacrificed wealth to ne...more

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A man’s spirit is his self. That entity which is his consciousness. To think, to feel, to judge, to act are functions of the ego.

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Men have been taught that the ego is the synonym of evil, and selflessness the ideal of virtue. But the creator is the egotist in the absolute sense, ...more

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..it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed. It is the unsacrificed self that we must respect in man above all.

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Let’s stop and think for a moment. Is sacrifice a virtue? Can a man sacrifice his integrity? His honor? His freedom? His ideal? His convictions? The h...more

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To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That's what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul - would you u...more

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If, to him, love was a celebration of one’s self and of existence—then, to the self-haters and life-haters, the pursuit of destruction was the only fo...more

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Sacrifice does not mean the rejection of the worthless, but of the precious

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Sacrifice is the surrender of that which you value in favor of which you dont

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To love a woman for her virtues is meaningless. She's earned it, it's a payment, not a gift. But to love her for her vices is a real gift, unearned an...more