'Do you pray for the senators, Dr. Hale?' No, I look at the senators and I pray for the country.
Edward Everett HaleRead
You need the living, loving heart of living, loving men and women to quicken other hearts, which can live too and love too, and, in their turn, will quicken others which are dying now.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Human connection and love are essential for revitalizing others' spirits.
This quote emphasizes the importance of love and compassion in nurturing and uplifting others. It suggests that genuine care and affection from individuals can inspire and invigorate others, creating a ripple effect of positivity and vitality in a community of hearts that may otherwise feel dormant or despairing.
Themes
LoveCompassionCommunityInspirationRevitalization
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about community service, one might say, 'As Edward Everett Hale reminds us, we need the living, loving hearts of each other to inspire change around us.'
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The Resurrection miracle is nothing to you and me if it is only an event of eighteen centuries bygone. Unless we can live the immortal life - unless we can receive God to his own home in these hearts of ours - the texts are nothing to us unless these daily lives illustrate them.
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It seems as if, for every dragon head that is lopped off, two more terrible appear. Seems so. But in truth, Life is gaining all the while. Brute force, such power as there seems to be in things, cannot stand against ideas which are eternal.
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Life seeks life and loves life. The opening of a catkin of a willow, in the flight of the butterfly, in the chirping of a tree-toad or the sweep of an eagle - my life loves to see how others live, exults in their joy, and so far is partner in their great concern.
Edward Everett HaleRead
I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.
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