#social-justice

"Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more."

"I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it."(Letter to Étienne Noël Damilaville, May 16, 1767)"

"We live in a system that espouses merit, equality, and a level playing field, but exalts those with wealth, power, and celebrity, however gained."

"To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind."

"When individuals and communities do not govern self, they risk being ruled by external forces that care less about the well-being of the village."

"An educator should consider that he has failed in his job if he has not succeeded in instilling some trace of a divine dissatisfaction with our miserable social environment."