#neighbor

As for what concerns our relations with our fellow men, the anguish in our neighbor's soul must break all precept. All that we do is a means to an end, but love is an end in itself, because God is love. ↗

— Edith Stein

#because #break #concerns #end #fellow

On the question of relating to our fellowman - our neighbor's spiritual need transcends every commandment. Everything else we do is a means to an end. But love is an end already, since God is love. ↗

— Edith Stein

#commandment #else #end #every #everything

I once asked a hermit in Italy how he could venture to live alone, in a single cottage, on the top of a mountain, a mile from any habitation? He replied, that Providence was his next-door neighbor. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

#any #asked #cottage #could #habitation

It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door. ↗

— Publilius Syrus

#fire #folly #live #neighbor #next

In my neighborhood in Springfield, Ohio, there were a lot of young kids. We all played tackle football after school, but I knew very early on that I was not an athlete. ↗

— John Legend

#athlete #early #football #i #kids

Tonight, I am pleased to announce that I have secured $1 million from the Convention Host Committee to fund the beautification of Boston's neighborhoods. ↗

— Thomas Menino

#announce #boston #committee #convention #fund

Mortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbor's buzzing glory, and think that such killing is no murder. ↗

— George Eliot

#jealousy #neighborhood #jealousy

Love is a war of all for all. That is why we must covet our neighbors as ourselves. ↗

— Bauvard

#funny #humor #love #neighbor #war

If in my life I fail completely to heed others, solely out of a desire to be 'devout' and to perform my 'religious duties', then my relationship with God will also grow arid. It becomes merely 'proper', but loveless. ↗

— Pope Benedict XVI

#love #neighbor #life

Texting and phone calls, fireworks, blends, café au lait, and music. Yesterday's television. Work and beer. The neighbor's dog, or those strange flowers, the way it smells at Maisen. Those ordinary things I talk about with you. With you... I want to talk about love with you. ↗

— Tomoko Yamashita

#coffee #fireworks #flowers #love #maisen