#vice

If thou wouldst seek justice, thyself must be just. ↗

— Stephen R. Lawhead

#hood #justice #teaching #justice

Love is not patronizing and charity isn't about pity, it is about love. Charity and love are the same -- with charity you give love, so don't just give money but reach out your hand instead. ↗

— Mother Teresa

#christian-behavior #compassion #helping-others #love #service

As a general rule,'he had once said, 'people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or, if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it.' (Athos) ↗

— Alexandre Dumas

#blame

Live your epitaph ↗

— Zoe Weil

#education #epitaph #humane #introspective #live

Really, he thought, if you couldn't trust a poet to offer sensible advice, who could you trust? ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#poet #poets

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

#happiness #service #destiny

Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy and Greedy When Others Are Fearful ↗

— Warren Buffett

#greed #investment-advice #greed

As the carriage whipped forward, they passed the alley she had spent so many days staring at—it was there, and then gone as they careened around a corner, nearly knocking over a costermonger pushing a donkey cart piled high with new potatoes. Tessa screamed. Will reached past her and yanked the curtain shut. "It's better if you don't look," he told her pleasantly. "He's going to kill someone. Or get us killed." "No, he won't. Thomas is an excellent driver." Tessa glared at him. "Clearly the word excellent means something else on this side of the Atlantic. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#clockwork-angel #tessa-gray #the-infernal-devices #will-herondale #excellence

I need you like - like light. You're light, all right - like a flame to a moth. I told you once that you shouldn't mess with forbidden things - I should have taken my own advice. ↗

— L.J. Smith

#advice

It is better to be alone, she figures, than to be with someone who can't see who you are. It is better to lead than to follow. It is better to speak up than stay silent. It is better to open doors than to shut them on people. She will not be simple and sweet. She will not be what people tell her to be. That Bunny Rabbit is dead. ↗

— E. Lockhart

#sweet