It is an impressive truth that sometimes in the very lowest forms of duty, less than which would rank a man as a villain, there is, nevertheless the sublimest ascent of self-sacrifice. To do less would class you as an object of eternal scorn, to do so much presumes the grandeur of heroism

Every act of will is an act of self-limitation. To desire action is to desire limitation. In that sense, every act is an act of self-sacrifice. When you choose anything, you reject everything else.

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

Self-sacrifice? But it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed.

Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.