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When I have attempted to join myself to others by services, it
proved an intellectual trick,--no more. They eat read more
When I have attempted to join myself to others by services, it
proved an intellectual trick,--no more. They eat your service
like apples, and leave you out. But love them, and they feel
you, and delight in you all the time.
A person's life is limited but serving the people is limitless.
I want to devote my limited life to read more
A person's life is limited but serving the people is limitless.
I want to devote my limited life to serving the people
limitlessly.
One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any read more
One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any external influence. Moreover, that in that does happiness consist. -Diogenes Laertius.
We are his,
To serve him nobly in the common cause,
True to the death, but not read more
We are his,
To serve him nobly in the common cause,
True to the death, but not to be his slaves.
Ay, gentle Thurio, for you know that love
Wilt creep in service where it cannot go.
Ay, gentle Thurio, for you know that love
Wilt creep in service where it cannot go.
He is no fool who gives that which he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. -Jim Elliot.
He is no fool who gives that which he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. -Jim Elliot.
Some people choose not to donate their services because they believe that it somehow devalues them by "giving them away." read more
Some people choose not to donate their services because they believe that it somehow devalues them by "giving them away." In truth, there is nothing that demonstrates the value of your skills more than putting them to good use for a cause you believe in.
We are not put on this earth for ourselves, but are placed here for each other. If you are there read more
We are not put on this earth for ourselves, but are placed here for each other. If you are there always for others, then in time of need, someone will be there for you. -Jeff Warner.
If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality. -Norman Cousins.
If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality. -Norman Cousins.