Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Alexander PopeRead
He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.
Interpretation
Serving others brings one closer to divinity.
This quote by Alexander Pope emphasizes the importance of selfless service to others, suggesting that those who dedicate themselves to helping their fellow human beings attain a higher spiritual connection. It reflects the idea that true devotion and moral worth are achieved through the acts of kindness and service we offer to others in our lives.
In practice
In a speech on community service, one might say, 'As Alexander Pope remarked, he who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.'
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
What dire offence from am'rous causes springs, What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare; And beauty draws us with a single hair.
An honest man's the noblest work of God.
One thought of thee puts all the pomp to flight;_x000D_ _x000D_ Priests, tapers, temples, swim before my sight.
Who breaks a butterfly on a wheel?
Mainstream dictionary definitions reduce racism to racial prejudice and the personal actions that result. But this definition does little to explain how racial hierarchies are consistently reproduced.
And although I have seen nothing but black crows in my life, it doesn't mean that there's no such thing as a white crow. Both for a philosopher and for a scientist it can be important not to reject the possibility of finding a white crow. You might almost say that hunting for 'the white crow' is science's principal task.
Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
Thus passing through the infinite varieties of space we reach the Divine space which is absolutely free from all dimensions and constitutes the meeting point of all infinities.
When she read just now to James, 'and there were numbers of soldiers with kettledrums and trumpets,' and his eyes darkened, she thought, why should they grow up, and lose all that?
Some people who've read my story think I had a terrible childhood and that I was neglected or even abused, while others feel that my parents, while certainly flawed, also had truly wonderful qualities. And that's the way it should be, because in real life two people can look at the same president and one will see a hero and the other a villain.
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