Government ... can't be trusted to control its own bureaucrats or collect taxes equitably or fill a pothole, much less decide which of its citizens to kill.
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Lavish love on others receive it gratefully when it come to you. Cultivate friendship like a garden. It is the best love of all.
Interpretation
Show love generously to others, and appreciate it when it's given back. Nurturing friendships is essential for a fulfilling life.
This quote emphasizes the importance of giving and receiving love and friendship. By metaphorically suggesting that we should 'cultivate friendship like a garden,' it highlights that friendships require care, attention, and effort, much like nurturing plants. The essence lies in both the act of sharing love freely with others and the gratitude we should express when we receive love in return.
In practice
Using this quote during a speech on the importance of relationships.
Government ... can't be trusted to control its own bureaucrats or collect taxes equitably or fill a pothole, much less decide which of its citizens to kill.
The movement to abolish the death penalty needs the religious community because the heart of religion is about compassion, human rights, and the indivisible dignity of each human person made in the image of God.
If you are going to do something for the poor, the abused, or the imprisoned, above all be faithful. People with broken lives often come from lives with broken promises.
Once you inject fear into a society of people, they become more and more afraid because they don't cross over the neighbourhoods and the only information they get about other people is through the media.
people are more than the worst thing they have ever done in their lives
One must learn to be a sponge if one wants to be loved by hearts that overflow.
Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
And as we stray further from love, we multiply the words. Had we remained together we could have become a silence.
Goodbye, Papa, you saved me. You taught me to read. No one can play like you. I'll never drink champagne. No one can play like you." -Liesel
A long time ago, there were lovers that lived on the opposite ends of a river. They promised to meet when the camellia flowers bloomed. But it rained so much the boat couldn't cross the river. So the two couldn't meet, even though the camellia flowers had all bloomed. Lets meet again. Before the camellia flowers wilt.
He lacked tenderness; he was rude; and he had more than a streak of cruelty in him; he was a thief and a liar. He stood for everything she feared and hated and despised; but she knew she could love him... This was no choice made with the mind.
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