W. H. Auden Quotes

I know of only one duty, and that is to love.

Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends.

When you're doing a job that benefits other people, it's easy to assume that they feel conscious of the fact that you're doing this work - that they should feel grateful, and that they should and do feel guilty about not helping you.

If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved.

Martyrdom covers a multitude of sins.

All the things I've done are about duty and guilt: trying to do your best to better other people's lives.

He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

I live for those who love me, for those who know me true, for the heaven so blue above me, and the good that I can do.

Survival is a privilege which entails obligations. I am forever asking myself what I can do for those who have not survived.

Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Some made the ultimate sacrifice. The rest of us were lucky.

The youth movement here must aspire to a martyrdom death…. The young must be first at the front line - don’t hide at the back. You must be at the front, die as martyrs and all your sins will be forgiven. This is how to achieve forgiveness.

Trophies are good, but saving somebody who could die, giving them hope of a life, that means a lot to me.

Surely it was a good way to die, in the place of someone else, someone I loved.

Johanna glances over at Finnick, to be sure, then turns to me. “How’d you lose Mags?” “In the fog. Finnick had Peeta. I had Mags for a while. Then I couldn’t lift her. Finnick said he couldn’t take them both. She kissed him and walked right into the poison,” I say. “She was Finnick’s mentor, you know,” Johanna says accusingly. “No, I didn’t,” I say. “She was half his family,” she says a few moments later, but there’s less venom behind it.

Think about that for a moment. They died for you. Now take a good look at the life you're living and tell me: Did they do the right thing?

We're all generous, but with different things, like time, money, talent - criticism.

Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in Hell's despair.

For me, 'Lamb' started out as a further exploration of the phenomenon of faith and the responsibility of a messiah that I touched on in 'Coyote Blue' and 'Island of the Sequined Love Nun,' but it ended up being an exploration of the true meaning of sacrifice, loyalty, and friendship.

When my father died, I had millions of people supporting me in a very, very difficult time. I have received so much from this country. I realize that we're defined in life not by what we get from this world but by what we have to offer it, and I know that I have a lot to offer this country, and I'm serious about devoting my life to it.

Sacrifice still exists everywhere, and everywhere the elect of each generation suffers for the salvation of the rest.

Martyrs do not underrate the body, they allow it to be elevated on the cross. In this they are at one with their antagonists.

The dedicated life is worth living. You must give with your whole heart.