The Test is How We Care for Society's Children

Interdependence is and ought to be
as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency.
Man is a social being.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

The purpose of human life is to serve,
and to show compassion and the will to help others.
- Albert Schweitzer

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything
and the value of nothing.
- Oscar Wilde

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young,
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving
and tolerant of the weak and the strong.
Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
- George Washington Carver

The value of a man should be seen in what he gives
and not in what he is able to receive.
- Albert Einstein

Freedom is never dear at any price.
It is the breath of life.
What would a man not pay for living?
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

The ultimate test of a man's conscience
may be his willingness to sacrifice something today
for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard.
- Gaylord Nelson

There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul
than the way in which it treats its children.
- Nelson Mandela

Taxes are a very low price for the benefits of living in a civilized society.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: For Our Children

Gratitude for Our Blessings

Passing the Torch

What Is Life All About?

Civic Responsibility

Community

Cooperation

Children