#mar

Slowly, God is opening my eyes to needs all around me. In Scripture, God revisits this issue of caring for the poor- an echo that repeats itself from Genesis to Revelation. The Bible acknowledges that the poor will always be part of society, but God takes on their cause. The Mosaic law of the Old Testament is filled with regulations to prevent and eliminate poverty. The poor were given the right to glean- to take produce from the unharvested edges of the fields, a portion of the tithes, and a daily wage. The law prevented permanent slavery by releasing Jewish bondsmen and women on the sabbatical and Jubilee year and forbade charging interest on loans. In one of his most tender acts, God made sure that the poor- the aliens, widows, and orphans- were all invited to the feasts. ↗

— Margaret Feinberg

#inspirational #margaret-feinberg #the-sacred-echo #inspirational

No man shall have the right to fix the boundary to the march of a Nation. ↗

— Charles Stewart Parnell

#fix #man #march #nation #right

What sells a book sells a book, same in traditional or self-publishing. You gotta shake your tail feathers. ↗

— Joni Rodgers

#marketing #inspirational

That's the fashion. Fast as the speed of light, they say. Ha! It's got no soul, sir, no heart. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#fiction #going-postal #inspirational #marketing #terry-pratchett

Como dice una canción, me ha rozado el alma y me la ha cambiado, ¿cómo perdonarle el haber hecho nacer en mí las ganas de querer y de que me quieran? ↗

— Marc Levy

#love #marc-levy #friendship

So in the end, what is a moment? One action? A single deed? Or is it more? Is a moment like a school of silver fish? The sum of many singular parts forming one cohesive unit? I tend to think so. Because the moment I met Ryan, that was just one of the sum parts. ↗

— Marie Hall

#inspirational #marie-hall #ryan #inspirational

I used to think that finding the right one was about the man having a list of certain qualities. If he has them, we'd be compatible and happy. Sort of a checkmark system that was a complete failure. But I found out that a healthy relationship isn't so much about sense of humor or intelligence or attractive. It's about avoiding partners with harmful traits and personality types. And then it's about being with a good person. A good person on his own, and a good person with you. Where the space between you feels uncomplicated and happy. A good relationship is where things just work. They work because, whatever the list of qualities, whatever the reason, you happen to be really, really good together. ↗

— Deb Caletti

#checkmark #compatible #good #happy #harmful

A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#cleverness #intelligence #smart #stupidity #understanding

Always be smarter than the people who hire you. ↗

— Lena Horne

#always #hire #people #smarter #than

In pursuit of happiness, smart people often end up dumbing down themselves. ↗

— Erol Ozan

#happy #intelligence #pursuit-of-happiness #smart-people #intelligence