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.
For many years now, I feel like my own body struggle has been linked and connected with women I meet in the world. I think we're in this together.
When any society says that I cannot marry a certain person, that society has cut off a segment of my freedom.
And do as adversaries do in law, strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
I must quit marrying men who feel inferior to me. Somewhere there must be a man who could be my husband and not feel inferior.
The parent-child relationship in the home usually reflects the objective cultural conditions of the surrounding social structure. If the conditions which penetrate the home are authoritarian, rigid, and dominating, the home will increase the climate of oppression. As these authoritarian relations between parents and children intensify, children in their infancy increasingly internalize the paternal authority.
Men are all right for friends, but as soon as you marry them they turn into cranky old fathers, even the wild ones. They begin to tell you what's sensible and what's foolish, and want you to stick at home all the time. I prefer to be foolish when I feel like it, and be accountable to nobody.
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