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 I Don't Understand The Outrage (Dec. 20, 2014) |
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Reply ID: mbjr
Thanks for the comment, McSev. I've wanted to know who wrote those two sayings for a long time. I'm not familiar with Thomas Campell, but I've always liked Kierkegaard. This quote of his reminds me why.
As for figuring our the author of the quote you gave me: not bloody likely. I just don't have any resources for getting information like, though now I'll maybe recognize it if I run across it in a future reading. Actually, I had a book last year that was a neat little reference. It was like a cross-index of famous quotes and authors with a sort of—I'm not sure who to describe it—but if you know the first few or most famous words of a quote, you might find them in the index. Good for finding well-known stuff.
Anyway, thanks for it, and I really appreciate the idea behind the words. I definitely agree with the message here. We do often seem more inclined to give to the "have's" over the "have-not's", don't we? I mean, to give pretty much anything: money, food, clothing, attention, appreciation... even love. As a person who's had much—and had very little—it's an irony I've had to face pretty bluntly. And I'm as guilty of it as anyone too. I'll try to keep the test in mind whenever I'm disposed to pat myself on the back. And when I'm feeling especially critical of the charity of others.
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