I feel no disgust when I hear the confessions of those near their end, whose wounds are full of maggots...This may give you some idea of my daily work. Picture to yourself a collection of huts with 800 Lepers. No doctor; in fact, as there is no cure, there seems no place for a doctor's skill.
Interpretation
Father Damien demonstrates the courage and compassion required to face suffering and death head-on.
This quote reflects Father Damien's unwavering commitment to care for those at the end of their lives, particularly lepers who were shunned by society. His words convey a deep empathy for the suffering, revealing his willingness to confront disease and despair without revulsion, indicating that true compassion often requires overcoming our instinctive reactions to grotesque realities.
In practice
Use this quote in a speech about volunteering at hospitals or care facilities.
As far as this business of solitary confinement goes, the most important thing for survival is communication with someone, even if it's only a wave or a wink, a tap on the wall, or to have a guy put his thumb up. It makes all the difference.
If the Philippines secure their independence after heroic and stubborn conflicts, they can rest assured that neither England, nor Germany, nor France, and still less Holland, will dare to take up what Spain has been unable to hold.
Being born gay, black, and female is not a revolutionary act. Being proud to be a gay black female is.
This is what I tell, especially young women, fight the big fights. Don't fight the little fight... Be the first one in, be the last one out. Do your homework, choose your battles. Don't whine, and don't be the one who complains about everything. Fight the big fight.
When I was 10 years old, my neighbor died in front of me of an asthma attack, because he and his family were undocumented immigrants and his grandmother was afraid of what would happen if they called an ambulance for help.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
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