"While the wordÂ charityÂ connotes a single act of giving,Â justiceÂ speaks to right living, of aligning oneself with the world in a way that sustains rather than exploits the rest of creation. Justice is not a gift; itâ€™s a lifestyle, a commitment to the Jewish concept ofÂ tikkun olamâ€”â€˜repairing the world.â€™"

-- Rachel Held Evans

#Commitment Quotes #Justice Quotes #Giving Quotes

“What scientists want next is a thorough comparison of what we and exosolar planets and vagabonds look like. Only in this way will we know whether our home life is normal or whether we live in a dysfunctional solar family.”
“Puttering is really a time to be alone, to dream, to get in touch with yourself...To putter is to discover.”
“A lot of artists start out as failed poets, then move on to being failed short-story writers before they finally break through to the big time and become failed novelists.”
“Touch is one of the most intuitive things in the world,”
“What do folk always say about Arsenal? They can pass you to death.”
“If somebody tells you an obviously untrue story, on the Continent you would remark, "You are a liar, Sir, and a rather dirty one at that." In England you just say "Oh, is that so?" Or "That's rather an unusual story, isn't it?”
“To really observe the Sabbath in our day and age! To cease for a whole day from all business, from all work, amidst the frenzied hurry-scurry of our age! To close the stock exchanges, the stores, the factories - how would it be possible? The pulse of life would stop beating and the world perish! The world perish? To the contrary, it would be saved.”
“If you have not done things worthy of being written about, at least write things worthy of being read.”

Source : Giacomo Casanova (2000). “The Story of My Life”, Marsilio Pub

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