Let your vision be world embracing rather than confined to your own self.
Interpretation
Focus on a broader perspective that encompasses the world rather than just yourself.
This quote encourages individuals to adopt a vision that is inclusive and expansive, urging them to think beyond their personal interests and concerns. It highlights the importance of empathy and a global perspective, suggesting that true fulfillment comes from caring for the world and humanity at large, rather than being limited by self-centered thinking.
In practice
Use this quote in a motivational speech about community service and social responsibility.
That one indeed is a man who, today, dedicateth himself to the service of the entire human race. The Great Being saith: Blessed and happy is he that ariseth to promote the best interests of the peoples and kindreds of the earth. It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world. The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens.
Religious fanaticism and hatred are a world-devouring fire, whose violence none can quench.
The utterance of God is a lamp, whose light is these words: Ye are the fruits of one tree, and the leaves of one branch. Deal ye one with another with the utmost love and harmony... So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.
So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.
Noble have I created thee, yet thou hast abased thyself. Rise then unto that for which thou wast created.
Say: o brethren! Let deeds, not words, be your adorning.
The propriety of a law, in a constitutional light, must always be determined by the nature of the powers upon which it is founded.
Once we ask why it should be that all human beings - including infants, the intellectually disabled, criminal psychopaths, Hitler, Stalin, and the rest - have some kind of dignity or worth that no elephant, pig, or chimpanzee can ever achieve, we see that this question is as difficult to answer as our original request for some relevant fact that justifies the inequality of humans and other animals.
The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself.
I do not expect the Union to be dissolved - I do not expect the house to fall - but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other.
Don't take shadows too seriously. Reality is your only safety. Continue to reject illusion.
In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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