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Who seeks for aid
Must show how service sought can be repaid.
Who seeks for aid
Must show how service sought can be repaid.
If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life read more
If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin Up to his nest again, I shall not live in vain. -Emily Dickinson.
Ask not the name of him who asks you for a bed. It is especially he whose name is a read more
Ask not the name of him who asks you for a bed. It is especially he whose name is a burden to him, who has need of an asylum (room).
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service
of others.
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service
of others.
The Democrats think Republicans are stealing elections. The Republicans think Democrats are stealing elections. And those of us independent of read more
The Democrats think Republicans are stealing elections. The Republicans think Democrats are stealing elections. And those of us independent of the two old parties know they are both right.
When I have attempted to join myself to others by services, it
proved an intellectual trick,--no more. They eat read more
When I have attempted to join myself to others by services, it
proved an intellectual trick,--no more. They eat your service
like apples, and leave you out. But love them, and they feel
you, and delight in you all the time.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it. -David Star Jordan.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it. -David Star Jordan.
Had I but written as many odes in praise of Muhammad and Ali as I
have composed for King read more
Had I but written as many odes in praise of Muhammad and Ali as I
have composed for King Mahmud, they would have showered a hundred
blessings on me.
A boy of fifteen who is not a democrat is good for nothing, and he is no better who is read more
A boy of fifteen who is not a democrat is good for nothing, and he is no better who is a democrat at twenty.