Life's unfairness is not irrevocable; we can help balance the scales for others, if not always for ourselves.
Interpretation
Life may seem unjust, but we have the power to support others in addressing disparities.
This quote expresses the idea that while life can be inherently unfair, it is possible for individuals to take action to alleviate the suffering of others, even if they cannot rectify their own situations. It emphasizes a sense of responsibility toward community and humanity, encouraging proactive measures to create a more equitable world.
In practice
In a speech discussing social justice, one might use this quote to inspire action towards equality.
It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.
Much of our American progress has been the product of the individual who had an idea; pursued it; fashioned it; tenaciously clung to it against all odds; and then produced it, sold it, and profited from it.
We need an America with the wisdom of experience. But we must not let America grow old in spirit.
You cannot go around and keep score. If you keep score on the good things and the bad things, you'll find out that you're a very miserable person. God gave man the ability to forget, which is one of the greatest attributes you have. Because if you remember everything that's happened to you, you generally remember that which is the most unfortunate.
Here we are the way politics ought to be in America; the politics of happiness, the politics of purpose and the politics of joy.
The pursuit of peace resembles the building of a great cathedral. It is the work of a generation. In concept it requires a mater-architect; in execution, the labors of many.
There is no good terror and bad terror. Terror is terror. There's not terror that you can accept and terror that you cannot accept. Terror is terror. Murder is murder.
The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. In one Age, called the Third Age by some, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose in the Mountains of Mist. The wind was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was a beginning.
The desire to rule is the mother of heresies.
No sceptical philosopher can ask any questions that may not equally be asked by a tired child on a hot afternoon.
The poets are only the interpreters of the gods.
A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.
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