The end of all knowledge should be service to others.
Interpretation
Knowledge should be used to help and serve others.
Cesar Chavez emphasizes that the ultimate goal of acquiring knowledge is to utilize it in service to humanity. This perspective highlights the importance of altruism and suggests that true wisdom comes from applying what we know for the benefit of others, rather than for personal gain or prestige.
In practice
In a speech to inspire volunteers, one might say, 'As Cesar Chavez said, the end of all knowledge should be service to others.'
I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry and unhappy like we do. I feel very deeply about vegetarianism and the animal kingdom. It was my dog Boycott who led me to question the right of humans to eat other sentient beings.
I think one of the great, great problems...is confusing people to the point where they become immobile. In fact, the more things people can find out for themselves, the more vigor the organization is going to have.
In the final analysis it doesn't really matter what the political system is...We don't need perfect political systems; we need perfect participation.
There is enough love and good will in our movement to give energy to our struggle and still have plenty left over to break down and change the climate of hate and fear around us.
Our union represents a breaking away...represents sharing a power, represent questioning, represents a new force...however long it takes, we are geared for a struggle.
Every time we sit at a table at night or in the morning to enjoy the fruits and grain and vegetables from our good earth, remember that they come from the work of men and women and children who have been exploited for generations.
What you don’t know, you can’t tell. Or made to tell.
The difficulty of tactical maneuvering consists in turning the devious into the direct, and misfortune into gain.
The important thing about having lots of things to remember is that you’ve got to go somewhere afterwards where you can remember them, you see? You’ve got to stop. You haven’t really been anywhere until you’ve got back home.
Those who are possessed by nothing possess everything.
To learn about oneself, a living thing, you have to watch, learn anew each minute.
Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would, without this comfort, be insupportable.
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