No matter how many toys we amass we leave them behind when we die, just as we leave a broken environment, an economy that only benefits the richest, and a legacy of empowering greed over goodness. It is now time to commit to following a new path.
Interpretation
Material possessions and societal structures do not define our true legacy; we should strive for goodness and sustainability.
This quote reflects on the transient nature of material wealth and the impact of our choices on the environment and society. It urges individuals to reconsider what they value in life and to pursue a legacy that emphasizes goodness and responsibility towards the planet and future generations, rather than succumbing to greed and superficial success.
In practice
This quote can inspire a discussion on sustainable practices during a community meeting.
This empire, unlike any other in the history of the world, has been built primarily through economic manipulation, through cheating, through fraud, through seducing people into our way of life, through the economic hit men. I was very much a part of that.
Communication across the revolutionary divide is inevitably partial.
The purpose of life is undoubtedly to know oneself. We cannot do it unless we learn to identify ourselves with all that lives. The sum-total of that life is God.
The government was set to protect man from criminals-and the constitution was written to protect man from the government. The Bill of Rights was not directed at private citizens, but against the government-as an explicit declaration that individual rights supersede any public or social power.
It is not rebellion itself which is noble but the demands it makes upon us.
During most of my life, my contact with Jews and Judaism was slight. I gave little thought to their problems, save in asking myself, from time to time, whether we were showing by our lives due appreciation of the opportunities which this hospitable country affords. My approach to Zionism was through Americanism.
What is the use of living, if it be not to strive for noble causes.
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