Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!
Anne FrankRead
No one has ever become poor by giving.
Interpretation
Generosity enriches the giver more than it costs them.
This quote by Anne Frank suggests that the act of giving does not diminish one's wealth or resources, but rather it enhances the giver's life and enriches them in a deeper sense. It emphasizes the value of generosity and the fulfillment it brings, implying that true richness comes from our ability to share and support others rather than accumulating material possessions.
In practice
This quote can be shared during a charity event to inspire generosity among attendees.
Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!
People who give will never be poor.
Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.
Don't condemn me, remember rather that sometimes I, too, can reach the bursting point.
The Annex is an ideal place to hide in. It may be damp and lopsided, but there's probably not a more comfortable hiding place in all of Amsterdam. No, in all of Holland.
I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that every-thing will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more.
Government: If you refuse to pay unjust taxes, your property will be confiscated. If you attempt to defend your property, you will be arrested. If you resist arrest, you will be clubbed. If you defend yourself against clubbing, you will be shot dead. These procedures are known as the Rule of Law.
I had studied Irish history. I had read speeches from the dock. I had tried to fuse the vivid past of my nation with the lost spaces of my childhood. I had learned the battles, the ballads, the defeats. It never occurred to me that eventually the power and insistence of a national tradition would offer me only a new way of not belonging.
To know that God knows everything about me and yet loves me is indeed my ultimate consolation.
History is merely a list of surprises... It can only prepare us to be surprised yet again.
I think all things are political... How women are portrayed - that's a big thing for me. What is this role trying to say about women? Is this woman weak or victimised, and, if so, do we get to understand why?
God pursues us into whatever dark place we've landed and behind whatever locked door holds us in. He holds our unwashed and dirty hands and models how He wants us to pursue each other And He says to ordinary people like me and you that instead of closing our eyes and bowing our heads, sometimes God wants us to keep our eyes open for people in need, do something about it, and bow our whole lives to Him instead.
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