When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the moral implications of taking away someone's life, truth, or fairness, depicting them as thefts of basic human rights.
Khaled Hosseini's quote illustrates that actions such as killing, lying, and cheating are not merely wrong; they constitute a theft of fundamental rights from others. Each of these acts diminishes not only the victim's existence but also affects their loved ones and distorts the fabric of fairness and truth in society. The quote powerfully urges reflection on the consequences of our actions and their ripple effect on the lives of others.
In practice
During a discussion on ethics in a philosophy class.
You're gutless. It's how you were made. And that's not such a bad thing because your saving grace is that you've never lied to yourself about it. Not about that. Nothing wrong with cowardice as long as it comes with prudence. But when a coward stops remembering who he is... God help him.
There was brotherhood between people who had fed from the same breast, a kinship that even time could not break. - Amir
I don't outline at all; I don't find it useful, and I don't like the way it boxes me in. I like the element of surprise and spontaneity, of letting the story find its own way.
And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.
Perspective [is] a luxury when your head [is] constantly buzzing with a swarm of demons.
The desert weed lives on, but the flower of spring blooms and wilts.
The world doesn't want to be punished. It wants to remain in darkness. It doesn't want to be told that what it believes is false. If you also don't want to be corrected, then you might as well leave the church and spend your time at the bar and brothel. But if you want to be saved-and remember that there's another life after this one-you must accept correction.
If Socialism can only be realized when the intellectual development of all the people permits it, then we shall not see Socialism for at least five hundred years.
Too much free time is certainly a monkey's paw in disguise. Most people can't handle a structureless life.
We adults, our policies, our ways of governance, are responsible for poverty, not the children.
In some ways, I had a traditional 'old South' upbringing, meaning that I spent some time in a military school, and acquired an inoculum of the military ethic that is still with me today: honor, duty, loyalty.
It is the duty of the saints, especially in times of straights, to reflect upon the performances of Providence for them in all the states and through all the stages of their lives.
Subscribe for the occasional hand-picked quote. No noise.