The Yoruba language have several words denoting ‘sacrifice’, amongst those we find rúbo, ipese, adimu and ebó. All these terms are verbs, they denoting something that is actively done. The range of sacrifice is from life force offerings and prayers to rituals of purification and change of attitude. But I dare say that the greatest sacrifice is of our selves – which consist in being humble, to consider someone else’s opinion and not grow boastful in accumulation of wisdom and riches. This form of sacrifice which is an exercise of humility is spoken of in the following ese ifá of Òtúrúpòn Méjì: Ológbón kan ò ta kókó omi sétí aso Òmòràn kan ó moye èèpè lè A dífá fórí A bù fún wà Orí ní ire gbogbo lê to òun lówó báyìí? Wón ní ó rúbo Ò si rú u Ìgbà ti ó rúbp tán Ò si ní gbogbo ire ti ó nfé Meaning: