There is a destiny which makes us brothers; none goes his way alone. All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own.
Interpretation
Our connections with others shape our lives, and what we give to others returns to us.
This quote highlights the interconnectedness of humanity, emphasizing that we are all part of a larger community. It suggests that our actions toward others, whether positive or negative, create a ripple effect that inevitably impacts our own lives. The idea of 'destiny' implies that these relationships are part of a greater purpose, reinforcing the notion that we are never truly alone in our journeys.
In practice
In a speech about community service, one could say, 'As Edwin Markham observed, there is a destiny which makes us brothers; none goes his way alone.'
Greed and Gain, grim guardians of the great god Mammon, continually cry in the ears of the poor, 'Give us your little ones!' And forever do the poor push out their little ones at the imperious ukase, feeding the children to a blind Hunger that is never filled.
Sorrows come to stretch out places in the heart for joy.
The crest and crowning of all good, life's final star, is Brotherhood.
He drew a circle that shut me out- Heretic , rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I had the wit to win: We drew a circle and took him In ! From the poem " Outwitted
The sequoias belong to the silences of the milleniums. Many of them have seen a hundred human generations rise, give off their little clamors and perish. They seem indeed to be forms of immortality standing here amoing the transitory shapes of time.
For all your days be prepared, and meet them ever alike. When you are the anvil, bear - when you are the hammer, strike.
Dear young people, Jesus wants to be your friend, and wants you to spread the joy of this friendship everywhere.
Squeeze marriage as much as you like, you will never extract anything from it but fun for bachelors and boredom for husbands.
Today is my anniversary of ordination to the priesthood. Please pray for me and all priests.
I am far more of a loner than people would imagine. But I am the most gregarious and socially interactive loner you ever met. The thing is, I am fascinated by people's stories and I'm very talkative and can't ever say no to anything or anyone, so I tend to over-socialize, to give away too much of my time to the many people I adore.
In the end, like so many beautiful promises in our lives, that dinner date never came to be.
A lack of affiliation may mean a lack of accountability, and forming a sense of commitment can be hard without a sense of community. Displacement can encourage the wrong kinds of distance, and if the nationalism we see sparking up around the globe arises from too narrow and fixed a sense of loyalty, the internationalism that's coming to birth may reflect too roaming and undefined a sense of belonging.
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