No man is an Island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea Europe is the less as well as if a promontory were as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were; any mans death diminishes me because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee.
He who wishes to exert a useful influence must be careful to insult nothing. Let him not be troubled by what seems absurd but concentrate his energies to the creation of what is good. He must not demolish but build. He must raise temples where mankind may come and partake of the purest pleasure.
To correct the evils great and small which spring from want of sympathy and from positive enmity among strangers as nations or as individuals is one of the highest functions of civilization.
Am I my brothers keeper?
The loftier the building the deeper must the foundation be laid.
Home wasnt built in a day.
Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand but we must build as if the sand were stone.
To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.
We are born to unite with our fellow men and to join in community with the human race.
No man is an Island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea Europe is the less as well as if a promontory were as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were; any mans death diminishes me because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee.
He who wishes to exert a useful influence must be careful to insult nothing. Let him not be troubled by what seems absurd but concentrate his energies to the creation of what is good. He must not demolish but build. He must raise temples where mankind may come and partake of the purest pleasure.
To correct the evils great and small which spring from want of sympathy and from positive enmity among strangers as nations or as individuals is one of the highest functions of civilization.
There is a destiny that makes us brothers: None goes his way alone: All that we send into the lives of others Comes back unto our own.
There is no more noble occupation in the world than to assist another human being to help someone succeed.
Brotherhood is the very price and condition of mans survival.
You don?t live in a world all alone. Your brothers are here too.
You can?t spell ?brothers? without at the same time spelling ?others.?
Its not a question of whos going to throw the first stone; its a question of whos going to start building with it.
The other day I was walking my dog around my building … on the ledge. Some people are afraid of heights. Not me Im afraid of widths.
From the ground up.