horrifying thought

"We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours. He who wills adventure will experience it – according to the measure of his courage. He who wills sacrifice will be sacrificed – according to the measure of his purity of heart."
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(Dag Hammarskjöld)
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Horrifying thought -- horrifying precisely because it is probably true -- that purity of heart leads inevitably to sacrifice; no, that purity of heart is directly proportional to degree of sacrifice.
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Blessed are the pure in heart, indeed.
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