Words of Wisdom August 31 – September 4

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Select one of the quotes from the words of wisdom this week, copy and paste the quote in the response, and then write at least two thoughtful sentences in response. You are welcome to either agree or disagree with the statement. References to your own experiences are welcome.

“The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest,

truthful, and virtuous.” (Frederick Douglass)

“The cruelty of violence leads nowhere. No good is obtained by

contributing to its growth. Seek the roads of dialogue and not those of violence.” (Pope John Paul II)

“Everyone should practice true humanity toward his fellow men; on

that depends the future of mankind” (Albert Schweitzer)

80 thoughts on “Words of Wisdom August 31 – September 4

  1. kyler

    “The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest,
    truthful, and virtuous.” (Frederick Douglass)

    This quote opens your mind to how honesty is the best policy. I mostly get this from it, never lie, for all it does is trap you in an inescapable trap that will only hurt others! When telling the truth,there is nothing to hide from and you will not feel guilty.

  2. JJ

    “The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest,

    truthful, and virtuous.” (Frederick Douglass)

    Those words mean everything that happened in the past should stay there.
    If everyone was honest, truthful, and virtuous the world would be a way better.

  3. joshua

    “The cruelty of violence leads nowhere. No good is obtained by

    contributing to its growth. Seek the roads of dialogue and not those of violence.” (Pope John Paul II)
    I agree because if you see violence and you laugh at it you are contributing to the violence. For example if you see bullying and you just stand there or even laugh you are contributing to that bullying or anywhere that you see violence do not contribute to it walk away or tell someone about it.

  4. Jada

    “The cruelty of violence leads nowhere. No good is obtained by

    contributing to its growth. Seek the roads of dialogue and not those of violence.” (Pope John Paul II)

    I agree with this quote because I know sometimes we as human beings get very upset or frustrated but violence is never the answer to solving a problem. In my case for example, I’ve got 3 younger brothers and sometimes I wish I could kill them(not literally) but where would that get me? No where.

  5. Shane

    “Everyone should practice true humanity toward his fellow men; on that depends the future of mankind” (Albert Schweitzer)
    I agree with this quote since If everyone were to only care a bout them self, who would be the one to keep our country secure, if we didn’t practice humanity then people would be scared of the police and others in fear of their life, This is already starting to happen. People are scared of the police since police are getting away with killing people for no good reason. I’m also witnessing men not hold the door open for people outside the door, they just slip through the door way not caring about the people outside.

  6. Sara

    “Everyone should practice true humanity toward his fellow men; on that depends the future of mankind” (Albert Schweitzer).
    This quote means that if we are not compassionate and honest towards one another we will never grow as people. And problems will never be resolved properly in a mature manor.

  7. Luc-Henri

    “The cruelty of violence leads nowhere. No good is obtained by

    contributing to its growth. Seek the roads of dialogue and not those of violence.” (Pope John Paul II)

    I love this comment and how it impacts the readers thoughts.it really shows and tells you how violence doesn’t lead to any victory or happiness. Those were my thoughts about this amazing quote.

  8. dh2172

    “Everyone should practice true humanity toward his fellow men; on

    that depends the future of mankind” (Albert Schweitzer)
    I think this quote means for you to be a good human because you don’t know what the future is.
    This kinda like if some is a bully they might make some one really sad and you don’t know what they would they do to there self.

  9. shane

    “Everyone should practice true humanity toward his fellow men; on

    that depends the future of mankind” (Albert Schweitzer) I don’t know what this quote means. I think this quote means that men could help you with things that when all people die but some people the men can help you fight against the aliens.

  10. Emma

    “The cruelty of violence leads nowhere. No good is obtained by contributing to its growth. Seek the roads of dialogue and not those of violence.” (Pope John Paul II)
    I think this quote is trying to tell us that nothing is gained from fighting but everything id gained by talking to someone. You don’t punch someone in the face when you greet them you talk to them and if you do it nicely you will gain a new friend.

  11. Grant

    “Everyone should practice true humanity toward his fellow men; on

    that depends the future of mankind” (Albert Schweitzer)

    This quote kind of makes sense to me, but i don’t really understand it. But if your a good person than you will get good rewards. And what I thin k he is trying to say is, if everyone is good then everyone will get good in return.

  12. Guadalupe

    “The cruelty of violence leads nowhere. No good is obtained by

    contributing to its growth. Seek the roads of dialogue and not those of violence.” (Pope John Paul II)

    This quote means that you should not commit violence and be a criminal. You should instead be good instead of evil and not be the bad guy of the town. Be good, positive, and stay happy.

  13. Skylar

    “Everyone should practice true humanity toward his fellow men; on

    that depends the future of mankind” (Albert Schweitzer)

    I think this quote means that everyone should be kind to people and not bully them because if everyone is kind to each other then our future will be better. We should always be nice to each other to make them world a better place in the future.

  14. Arianna

    “The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest,

    truthful, and virtuous.” (Frederick Douglass)

    I think this quote is trying to say that you should always tell the truth in life because lying gets you no where in life. Lying means that you aren’t showing your true self and your aren’t showing you true self to people around you. Also if people realize that you lie they will never trust that you are telling the truth.

  15. Miranda

    “The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest,

    truthful, and virtuous.” (Frederick Douglass)

    I love this quote because truth can lead to making intelligent decisions. When people tell lies, they could bring the whole nation down. That is why everyone needs to be honest. Even if you lie about the littlest things, they will come back to haunt you later on. You are also protecting yourself when you tell the truth. People will also know they can trust you. Earning trust back is a very hard thing. telling the truth, and lies, can go a long way, so everybody needs to be careful.

  16. Alex

    “The cruelty of violence leads nowhere. No good is obtained by contributing to its growth. Seek the roads of dialogue and not those of violence.” (Pope John Paul II)

    I think this quote means that we should use our words instead of our fists. We can work this out if we take this in an orderly fashion instead of resulting to violence.

  17. Michaela

    “The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest,

    truthful, and virtuous.” (Frederick Douglass)This quote means that the world is only safe when people are honest and truthful. To be honest means to always follow the rules and never tell a lie. The world is not safe because of all the villains in the world. Villains make the world an unsafe and scary place to live in. To be a villain means to always tell lies and break the laws. If you are ever placed with a decision to be a villain or a hero, hero is always the right route to go!!!

  18. Mackenzie

    The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest,

    truthful, and virtuous.” (Frederick Douglass). This is saying that you need to be true to your self and never lie to people. If you lie you need to go back to that person and tell the truth. You should never lie to people anyone always tell the truth if you don’t fix it and tell the truth.

  19. kiana

    The cruelty of violence leads nowhere. No good is obtained by

    contributing to its growth. Seek the roads of dialogue and not those of violence.”

    I believe that this quote means that violence is not the answer to anything and violence does not lead to happiness. This quote also means that violence wont lead you anywhere only good will. That’s why we should not have violence and we should always have smiles on our faces and have happiness.

  20. anthony35

    “Everyone should practice true humanity toward his fellow men; I think that this means that you should be kind. I also think that this means you should help out.

  21. clayton

    “The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest,

    truthful, and virtuous.” (Frederick Douglass)

    Something our Government is “Not Understanding.”
    Basically The Government is selling us “LIES.”
    Lets just say this is mainly messed up politics and false information.

  22. diego

    “Everyone should practice true humanity toward his fellow men; on

    that depends the future of mankind” (Albert Schweitzer)
    This quote means to me that all people should treat each other with respect and dignity and always have integrity. You should treat people the way you want to be treated. The second part of the quote means to me that the way we treat each other now is how others will treat you in the future. So, if everyone now loves one another and treats them respectfully, that will only lead to great things in the future on how people treat each other!

  23. cole

    “Everyone should practice true humanity toward his fellow men; on that depends the future of mankind” (Albert Schweitzer
    This quote means to me that everyone needs to practice being kind because we all depend on each other. This also means we need to work together in humanity.

  24. Brandon

    “The cruelty of violence leads nowhere. No good is obtained by

    contributing to its growth. Seek the roads of dialogue and not those of violence.” (Pope John Paul II)
    I agree with this statement. I agree because if all we support is violence our society would never get any were.

  25. daniel

    “The cruelty of violence leads nowhere. No good is obtained by

    contributing to its growth. Seek the roads of dialogue and not those of violence.” (Pope John Paul II)

    I think this is true because nothing is obtained when you do violence. When violence occurs nothing happens just more violence. You have to pick the good road and if you do that you will end up good. If you follow the violent path you will end up bad.

  26. Kameron

    “The cruelty of violence leads nowhere. No good is obtained by contributing to its growth. Seek the roads of dialogue and not those of violence.” (Pope John Paul II)

    It is not good to use violence because it gets you no where except jail. It doesn’t change cause it already happened and it will never change unless you have a time machine but that will never happen.

  27. TANNER

    “The cruelty of violence leads nowhere. No good is obtained by

    contributing to its growth. Seek the roads of dialogue and not those of violence.” (Pope John Paul II)
    I think this quote is trying to say is if you are bullying someone, your not making any thing better so why do it. When your being nice to people, other people will look up to you. Because it feels better to be nice than to hurt someone else.

  28. brynna

    “The cruelty of violence leads nowhere. No good is obtained by

    contributing to its growth. Seek the roads of dialogue and not those of violence.” (Pope John Paul II). Violence is never the answer to a situation. Everyone should not do violence.

  29. Aeryn

    “The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest,

    truthful, and virtuous.” (Frederick Douglass). This means that life feels secure when you are honest. That is what I think that this person is trying to say.

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