“I had a vivid imagination. Not only could I put myself in the other person's place, but I could not avoid doing so. My sympathies always went out to the weak, the suffering, and the poor. Realizing their sorrows I tried to relieve them in order that I myself might be relieved.” LifePersonsMightSufferingOrderRealizingImaginationPoorSorrowWeakVividRelievedMy SympathyVivid Imagination Book:The Story of My Life Source: The Story of My Life
“Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one person doing interesting actions. A Republic is a government in which that attention is divided between many, who are all doing uninteresting actions. Accordingly, so long as the human heart is strong and the human reason weak, Royalty will be strong because it appeals to diffused feeling, and Republics weak because they appeal to the understanding.” HumansHeartPersonsLongReasonFeelingsGovernmentActionPoliticalPoliticsStrongNationsUnderstandingInterestingAttentionWeakAppealsRepublicDividedHuman HeartRoyaltyHuman Reason Author:Walter Bagehot
“Men are beginning to realize that they are not individuals but persons in society, that man alone is weak and adrift, that he must seek strength in common action.” MenPersonsActionIndividualRealizingCommonSocietyStrengthWeakAdrift Author:Dorothy Day