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.
To all conservative women out there: If you are so sure the embryo needed for stem cell research are precious human life that can't be destroyed, then implant one in your uterus and bring it to term. That's right, put your cervix where your mouth is.
There are no ordinary people.. it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit.
The contemporary Christian mind is starved, and as a result we have small, impoverished souls.
It is hard to put aside partisanship. It is hard to give up the easy wisecracking jeer that divides and destroys. It is hard - very hard - to have worked sincerely and wholeheartedly for a cause and to have lost. Most of all, it is hard to put aside personal prejudices. And yet we must put these things aside.
Life—the way it really is—is a battle not between good and bad, but between bad and worse
We do not live to think, but, on the contrary, we think in order that we may succeed in surviving.
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