Government ... can't be trusted to control its own bureaucrats or collect taxes equitably or fill a pothole, much less decide which of its citizens to kill.
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Lavish love on others receive it gratefully when it come to you. Cultivate friendship like a garden. It is the best love of all.
Interpretation
Show love generously to others, and appreciate it when it's given back. Nurturing friendships is essential for a fulfilling life.
This quote emphasizes the importance of giving and receiving love and friendship. By metaphorically suggesting that we should 'cultivate friendship like a garden,' it highlights that friendships require care, attention, and effort, much like nurturing plants. The essence lies in both the act of sharing love freely with others and the gratitude we should express when we receive love in return.
In practice
Using this quote during a speech on the importance of relationships.
Government ... can't be trusted to control its own bureaucrats or collect taxes equitably or fill a pothole, much less decide which of its citizens to kill.
The movement to abolish the death penalty needs the religious community because the heart of religion is about compassion, human rights, and the indivisible dignity of each human person made in the image of God.
If you are going to do something for the poor, the abused, or the imprisoned, above all be faithful. People with broken lives often come from lives with broken promises.
Once you inject fear into a society of people, they become more and more afraid because they don't cross over the neighbourhoods and the only information they get about other people is through the media.
people are more than the worst thing they have ever done in their lives
What a torment it is to see so much loveliness passing and repassing before us, and yet not dare to lay hold of it!
Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common sense.
He had no plans, no definite intentions, except to kiss her lips again, to hold her in his arms.
I want to fall in love in such a way that the mere sight of a man, even a block away from me, will shake and pierce me, will weaken me, and make me tremble and soften and melt.
The night you gave me my birthday party... you were a young Lieutenant and I was a fragrant phantom, wasn't I? And it was a radiant night, a night of soft conspiracy and the trees agreed that it was all going to be for the best.
Alas, their love may be call'd appetite. No motion of the liver, but the palate
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