We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; let us now commit it to life.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of not just knowing the Golden Rule but actively practicing it in our lives.
Edwin Markham's quote urges individuals to move beyond mere intellectual understanding of the Golden Rule, which states that we should treat others as we wish to be treated. It is a call to action, emphasizing that knowledge should be transformed into practice; living by this principle can lead to more harmonious relationships and a better society.
In practice
During a team-building workshop, one could share this quote to inspire collaboration.
Greed and Gain, grim guardians of the great god Mammon, continually cry in the ears of the poor, 'Give us your little ones!' And forever do the poor push out their little ones at the imperious ukase, feeding the children to a blind Hunger that is never filled.
Sorrows come to stretch out places in the heart for joy.
There is a destiny which makes us brothers; none goes his way alone. All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own.
The crest and crowning of all good, life's final star, is Brotherhood.
He drew a circle that shut me out- Heretic , rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I had the wit to win: We drew a circle and took him In ! From the poem " Outwitted
The sequoias belong to the silences of the milleniums. Many of them have seen a hundred human generations rise, give off their little clamors and perish. They seem indeed to be forms of immortality standing here amoing the transitory shapes of time.
Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.
Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.
Memory has always fascinated me. Think of it. You can recall at will your first day in high school, your first date, your first love.
If you get all the facts, your judgment can be right; if you don't get all the facts, it can't be right.
And whatever your labors and aspirations, _x000D_ in the noisy confusion of life, _x000D_ keep peace in your soul. _x000D_ With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.
Don't play everything (or every time); let some things go by... What you don't play can be more important than what you do.
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