“Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigour, stringent are they; inviolate they shall be…with my veins running fire, and my heart beating faster than I can count its throbs. Preconceived opinions, foregone determinations, are all I have at this hour to stand by: there I plant my foot!”

Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

 

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In the course of a lifetime there were some things that mattered
Empathy
Our choices determine our story: have we done good or evil in or life?
The Only Story
Stand up for goodness, even when it is hard. All the Light We Cannot See.
All the Light
Choose to help those in need and be truly happy
Charlotte’s Web
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
Neither the swift, nor the strong
Shoah Memorial: behold if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow
The Shoah