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Each of us is merely a small instrument; all of us, after accomplishing our mission, will disappear.
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Each of us is merely a small instrument; all of us, after accomplishing our mission, will disappear.
Helping people in need is a good and essential part of my life, a kind of destiny.
Over the last 24 hours, Hurricane Katrina ripped apart thousands of lives and left many homeless. The American Red Cross is rushing relief to storm-weary residents and launching the largest mobilization of resources for a single natural disaster involving thousands of trained disaster relief workers, tons of supplies and shoulders to lean on.
If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.
There is a terrible hunger for love. We all experience that in our lives: the pain, the loneliness. We must have the courage to recognize it. The poor you may have right in your own family. Find them. Love them.
The topic of compassion is not at all religious business; it is important to know it is human business, it is a question of human survival.
We are not asking for a penny piece of Community money for Britain. What we are asking is for a very large amount of our own money back, over and above what we contribute to the Community, which is covered by our receipts from the Community.
Whatever we do, we must keep God in the forefront. Let us be Christian in all of our actions. But I want to tell you this evening that it is not enough for us to talk about love, love is one of the pivotal points of the Christian face, faith. There is another side called justice. And justice is really love in calculation. Justice is love correcting that which revolts against love.
Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'
Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others.