Phillips Brooks: If you are moved with a vague desire to help men be better men, you must know…
If you are moved with a vague desire to help men be better men, you must know that you can do it not by belabouring the evil but by training the good that there is in them.
In today’s wordsIf you feel a vague desire to help people become better, know that you do it not by attacking the evil in them but by developing the good that's already there.
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