#iona

One important aspect of justice, Jose Miranda reminds us, involves the restoration of what has been stolen. Giving food to the hungry or clothing to the naked is not a charitable handout but an exercise in simple justice - restoring to the poor what is rightfully theirs, what has been taken from them unjustly. ↗

— Robert McAfee Brown

#christianity #inspirational #justice #food

For, quite literally, the whole world today is looking for us to take the lead in carrying out those obligations imposed on the American people as a whole by the beautiful, compassionate and courageous principle of noblesse oblige. ↗

— Robert Welch

#american people #beautiful #carrying #compassionate #courageous

If life gives you the wobbles make jelly. ↗

— Magdalena VandenBerg

#food #humor-inspirational #inspirational #food

I speak in a poem of the ancient food of heroes: humiliation, unhappiness, discord. Those things are given to us to transform, so that we may make from the miserable circumstances of our lives things that are eternal, or aspire to be so. ↗

— Jorge Luis Borges

#food

That's me, I'm emotional. ↗

— David Wells

#i #me

A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own. ↗

— H. G. Wells

#dissension #dock #gamble #homicide #international

The doctrine of the Kingdom of Heaven, which was the main teaching of Jesus, is certainly one of the most revolutionary doctrines that ever stirred and changed human thought. ↗

— H. G. Wells

#certainly #changed #doctrine #doctrines #ever

Consider non your superior, whatever their rank or station in life. Treat all fairly or they will seek revenge. Be careful with your money. Hold fast to your belief and others will listen." he continued at a slower pace, " of the affairs of love ... my only advice is to be honest. thats your most powerfull too to unlock a heart or gain forgiveness. that is all i have to say"Garrow to Roran p 64 ↗

— Christopher Paolini

#wisdom #forgiveness

After a couple years of occasional lessons with Pass I moved to Boston to attend the New England Conservatory. ↗

— Mark White

#attend #boston #conservatory #couple #england

To be kind, honest and have positive thoughts; to forgive those who harm us and treat everyone as a friend; to help those who are suffering and never to consider ourselves superior to anyone else: even if this advice seems rather simplistic, make the effort of seeing whether by following it you can find greater happiness. ↗

— Dalai Lama XIV

#forgiveness