Let your vision be world embracing rather than confined to your own self.
Interpretation
Focus on a broader perspective that encompasses the world rather than just yourself.
This quote encourages individuals to adopt a vision that is inclusive and expansive, urging them to think beyond their personal interests and concerns. It highlights the importance of empathy and a global perspective, suggesting that true fulfillment comes from caring for the world and humanity at large, rather than being limited by self-centered thinking.
In practice
Use this quote in a motivational speech about community service and social responsibility.
That one indeed is a man who, today, dedicateth himself to the service of the entire human race. The Great Being saith: Blessed and happy is he that ariseth to promote the best interests of the peoples and kindreds of the earth. It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world. The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens.
Religious fanaticism and hatred are a world-devouring fire, whose violence none can quench.
The utterance of God is a lamp, whose light is these words: Ye are the fruits of one tree, and the leaves of one branch. Deal ye one with another with the utmost love and harmony... So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.
So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.
Noble have I created thee, yet thou hast abased thyself. Rise then unto that for which thou wast created.
Say: o brethren! Let deeds, not words, be your adorning.
To affirm that God is God is to want to live in a particular way.
You often meet your fate on the road you take to avoid it.
The temptation to believe that the Universe is the product of some sort of design, a manifestation of subtle aesthetic and mathematical judgment, is overwhelming. The belief that there is "something behind it all" is one that I personally share with, I suspect, a majority of physicists.
The whole object of the Prophets and the Sages was to declare that a limit is set to human reason where it must halt.
Everyone who is critical of Israeli policy is deluged by crazed messages intended to flood their email system or, more insidiously, passwords are accessed and messages sent out under their name! I'm sure it's illegal. It's also an effort to undermine free speech.
Even voting for the right is doing nothing for it. It is only expressing to men feebly your desire that it should prevail. A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men.
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