Therefore search and see if there is not some place where you may invest your humanity.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Seek out places or communities where you can meaningfully apply your human qualities.
- In plain terms
- Find a place to use your humanity.
- What can you take from it?
- Invest your humanity where it matters.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Where can you serve others?
- What does your humanity mean to you?
Another view
Not all environments allow for the full expression of humanity.
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