If one person succeeds, we all succeed.
The quality of mercy is not strained. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath... Your whole life you hear that quoted. I never got it till now. Mercy is not something you ever get to request. Not strained means not forced. It's given freely. No reason. Just a gift drops from the sky. Twice blessed. Blessing him that gives and him that takes.
What are you supposed to do... when the ones with all the power are hurting those with none? Well, for starters, you stand up. You stand up and tell the truth. You stand up... for your friends. You stand up... even when you're all alone. You stand up.
If you want my gravy
Pepper my ragout
Spice it up for Mama
She'll get hot for you.
When they pass that basket
folks contribute to
You put in for Mama
She'll put out for you.
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
There are millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left with us, with their lives, their hopes and fears, their suffering and chance of happiness, all intertwined with our lives in what we think and say and do. We don't live alone upon this earth. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other. And if mankind will not learn that lesson, then the time will, soon, when he will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish.
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