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Justice, n. A commodity which in a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes and personal service.
Ambrose Bierce
I mean a man whose hopes and aims may sometimes lie (as most men's sometimes do, I dare say) above the ordinary level, but to whom the ordinary level will be high enough after all if it should prove to be a way of usefulness and good service leading to no other. All generous spirits are ambitious, I suppose, but the ambition that calmly trusts itself to such a road, instead of spasmodically trying to fly over it, is of the kind I care for.
Charles Dickens
I cannot choose but adhere to the word of God, which has possession of my conscience; nor can I possibly, nor will I even make any recantation, since it is neither safe nor honest to act contrary to conscience! Here I stand; I cannot do otherwise, so help me God! Amen.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Just as a flower gives out its fragrance to whomsoever approaches our uses it, so love from within us radiates towards everybody and manifests as spontaneous service.
Swami Ramdas
There is a kind way of assisting our fellow-creatures which is enough to break their hearts while it saves their outer envelope.
Joseph Conrad
To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything is itself to succumb to the violence of our times. Frenzy destroys our inner capacity for peace. It destroys the fruitfulness of our work, because it kills the root of inner wisdom which makes work fruitful.
Thomas Merton, Conjectures of a
When you find yourself in need of spiritual nourishment, it is in the opportunities to serve others that you will find the abundance you seek.
Steve Maraboli
He who helps in the saving of others, Saves himself as well.
Hartmann Von Aue
Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself.
Louis Auchincloss
You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.
Marie Curie
When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, then examine your inner self.
Confucius
A good servant is a real godsend, but truly this is a rare bird in the land.
Martin Luther
What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him.
Seneca (Seneca the Elder)
You must live for another if you wish to live for yourself.
Try and forget our cares and sickness, and contribute, as we can to the happiness of each other.
Johnson
Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse.
St. Jerome
The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth. It is obvious that man is himself a traveler; that the purpose of the world is not
Sir Wilfred T. Grenfell
The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others.
Homer
Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.
Lou Holtz
You can not do all the good the world needs, but the world needs all the good you can do.
Anon.
