Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes, and men grow better as the world grows old.
Interpretation
Love is a powerful force that inspires growth and positivity, surpassing the negativity brought by hate.
In this quote, Ella Wheeler Wilcox emphasizes the transformative power of love, suggesting that love fosters growth and positivity in individuals, while hate has a much more destructive and extinguishing effect. As humanity progresses, the nurturing qualities of love can ignite passion and improvement in society, indicating that love is ultimately more powerful than hate in shaping a better world.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech about the importance of kindness and compassion in society.
Sweep up the debris of decaying faith; _x000D_ Sweep down the cobwebs of worn-out out beliefs, _x000D_ And throw your soul wide open to the light of reason and of knowledge. _x000D_ Be not afraid _x000D_ To thrust aside half-truths and grasp the whole.
I am the voice of the voiceless; Through me the dumb shall speak. Till the deaf world's ears be made to hear. The wrongs of the wordless weak. And I am my brothers keeper, And I will fight his fights; And speak the words for beast and bird. Till the world shall set things right.
A weed is but an unloved flower.
So many gods, so many creeds, so many paths that wind and wind while just the art of being kind is all the sad world needs.
'Tis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a song; But the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong.
Do you wish the world were happy? Then remember day by day, just to scatter seeds of kindness as you pass along the way. . . .
The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
The truth was that I could not manage my soul, and I was becoming aware of old age because of my weakness in the face of love.
Your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm
I have DECIDED to love. If you are seeking the highest good, I think you can find it through love. GOD is love.
They were so close to each other that they preferred death to separation.
It is love; love, the comfort of the human species, the preserver of the universe, the soul of all sentient beings, love, tender love.
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