Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It's a spiritual dissipation.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Often devotion to virtue arises from sated desire.
There is no sense to a sacrifice after you come to feel that it is a sacrifice.
People want to make sacrifices but they don't want to be sacrificed.
The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.
Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.
Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.
Dissipation is a form of self-sacrifice.
Conscience is the sentinel of virtue.
There's only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the knowledge of God.
Sacrifice is nothing other than the production of sacred things.