![The people with the best sense of what is essential to a community, of what gives and maintains its spirit, are often doing very humble, manual tasks. It is often the poorest person - the one who has a handica[p, is] ill or old - who is the most prophetic. People who carry responsibility must be close to them and know what they think, because it is often they who are free enough to see with the greatest clarity the needs, beauty and pain of the community.](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-people-with-the-best-sense-of-what-is-essential-to-a-community-of-what-gives.jpg)
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... a warrior could not avoid pain and grief but only the indulging in them
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Pain is G-d's megaphone to wake up the world.
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Too great a sense of identity makes a man feel he can do no wrong. And too little does the same. Djuna Barnes
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A garden is an awful responsibility. You never know what you may be aiding to grow in it. Charles Dudley Warner