"The object of love is to serve,..." - Quote by Woodrow Wilson
The object of love is to serve, not to win
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“The seed of revolution is repression.”
“I can predict with absolute certainty that within another generation there will be another world war if the nations of the world do not concert the method by which to prevent it.”
“Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with the purpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.”
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“It was the time when they loved each other best, without hurry or excess, when both were most conscious of and grateful for their incredible victories over adversity.”
“If human beings can be trained for cruelty and greed and a belief in power which comes through hate and fear and force, certainly we can train equally well for greatness and mercy and the power of love which comes because of the strength of the good qualities to be found in the soul of every human being.”
“I think your life is full of first loves because every time you love someone new, you love them in a different way.”
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“Leaders who fail to lift others in the long run, fail to lift themselves.”
“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.”
“Therefore the Sage, wishing to be above the people, must by his words put himself below them; wishing to be before the people, he must put himself behind them. In this way, though he has his place above them, the people do not feel his weight; though he has his place before them, they do not feel it as an injury. Therefore all mankind delight to exalt him, and weary of him not.”