“Whoever
saves a single soul, it is as if he had saved the whole world.”
-- Talmud
"Whoever
is able to protest against the transgressions of his own family and does not do
so is punished for the transgressions of his family. Whoever is able to protest
against the transgressions of his community and does not do so is punished for
the transgressions of his community. Whoever is able to protest against the transgressions
of the entire world and does not do so is punished for the transgressions of the
entire world."
-- Talmud
| It is our duty
as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist.
-- Pierre Teilhard
De Chardin The
most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one's
self to others.
-- Pierre
Teilhard De Chardin The
salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the
human power to reflect, in human meekness and human responsibility.
-- Pierre
Teilhard De Chardin |  |
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We
don't need bombs and guns to destroy, to bring peace - just get together, love
one another, bring that peace, that joy, that strength of presence of each other
in the home. And we will be able to overcome all the evil that is in the world.
-- Mother Teresa Let
us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love
and once we begin to love each other naturally we want to do something.
--
Mother Teresa |
“Life is a place of
service, and in that service one has to suffer a great deal that is hard to bear,
but more often to experience a great deal of joy. But that joy can be real only
if people look upon their lives as a service and have a definite object in life
outside themselves and their personal happiness.”
-- Leo
Tolstoy |  |
"It is amazing what
you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit."
-- Harry Truman
(1884-1972)
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I think my mission is to
become the greatest human I can. I know that sounds pompous, but what else do
we have?
-- Kathleen
Turner |
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"Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is
listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live
like it's heaven on Earth."
-- Mark
Twain
Twenty
years from now you will be more disappointed by the
things you didn't do than by the ones you did do.
So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe
harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore.
Dream. Discover.
-- Mark
Twain
Always
do right - this will gratify some and astonish the rest.
--
Mark Twain |
Giving
to others selflesly and anonymously, radiating light throughout the world and
illuminating your own darkness, your virtue becomes a sanctuary for yourself and
all beings.
-- Lao tzu (570-490 BC)
"Give
help rather than advice."
-- Luc de Vauvenargues
It
is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously.
--
Peter Ustinov |
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The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change,
the way I see it, is service to a fellow human being.
-- Lech
Walesa |
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Activism
is the rent I pay for living on this planet.
-- Alice
Walker
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"My
satisfaction comes from my commitment
to advancing a better world."
-- Faye
Wattleton
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Simplicity
is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.
-- Charles Dudley
Warner (1829-1900)
"Observe
good faith and justice
toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all."
-- George Washington
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"None of us alone can
save the nation or world. But each of us can make a positive difference if we
commit ourselves to do so."
-- Cornel West |
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Re-examine
all you have been told... Dismiss what insults your Soul
~ Walt
Whitman |
For
all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.
-- John Greenleaf Whittier
"With
every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see."
--
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
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Compassion is more important
than intellect in calling forth the love that the work of peace needs, and intuition
can often be a far more powerful searchlight than cold reason.
-- Betty
Williams |
Bite off more than
you can chew, then chew it.
-- Ella Williams
And as we let our
own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
-- Marianne Williamson |
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"As
we give of our time, talents and resources to tend the needs of the sick, offer
food to the hungry and teach the dependent to stand on their own, we enrich ourselves
spiritually beyond our ability to comprehend."
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin (1924-)
"Little kindnesses...will
broaden your heart, and slowly you will habituate yourself to helping your fellow
man in many ways."
--Zadik
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