And it does matter. An honest man or woman is an honest man or woman more
because he or she is honest in the small, everyday things that "don't matter"
individually, but which make up a well-lived life, than because of some single
great temptation that was passed. A person who is concerned about individual
rights or about individual dignity makes his or her difference not because of
any sweeping great statement or action, but because of the accretion of small,
individually seemingly insignificant acts that spread that dignity and confirm
those rights through every action they take. It matters because every action
you take, and every action I take is an expression of the human spirit.
-- William Oliver (oliver@uncmed.med.unc.edu)
because he or she is honest in the small, everyday things that "don't matter"
individually, but which make up a well-lived life, than because of some single
great temptation that was passed. A person who is concerned about individual
rights or about individual dignity makes his or her difference not because of
any sweeping great statement or action, but because of the accretion of small,
individually seemingly insignificant acts that spread that dignity and confirm
those rights through every action they take. It matters because every action
you take, and every action I take is an expression of the human spirit.
-- William Oliver (oliver@uncmed.med.unc.edu)
Related:
- As life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should
share the passion and action of his time, at the peril of being not to
have lived.
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.... - As life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should
share the passion and action of his time, at the peril of being not to
have lived.
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. The more we do, the more we can do... - Jacques: First, you must get to know your lane. Feel the slickness,
feel the slippery finish.
Caresses it, experience it. Quite smooth, isn't it?... - As life is action and passion,
it is required of man that he should share
the passion and action of his time,
at peril of being judged not to have lived.
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.... - Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists
precisely in thi
hat he does good not because he is forced to do so, but because he freely conceives it, wants it, and loves it.... - There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, which is translated
through into action.
And because there is only one You in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium, and the world will have lost it.... - The desire of a man for a woman is not directed at her because she
is a human being, but because she is a woman.
That she is a human being is of no concern to him. -- Immanuel Ka... - Mr. Burns: I've called you all here because I need some honest
answers.
What is my current financial situation? Yes-man #1... - To be, or not to be: that is the question: whether 't is nobler in the mind
to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms
against a sea of troubles, and by opposing end them?
To die: to sleep: No more; and by a sleep to say we end the heartache and the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to,--'t is a consummation devoutly to be wish'd....
