Upon being denied, in the 1950's, membership in the exclusive Hollywood Country Club, because he was a Jew, Groucho Marx (whose father was a Jew, but whose mother was not) wrote a letter to the club's membership asking to be admitted.
"Being only half Jewish, I promise to get into the swimming pool only up to my waist."
"In all the stories of Jesus' compassion, we are never told that he had compassion on someone because they deserved it. It was only because they were in need."
- John Ortberg
We were standing in line outside a busy restaurant. The harried hostess was checking to find out how many people were in each group. "Party of two," the woman behind us said to her, "and could we please have Michelle?"
Annoyed looks turned to knowing smiles when she added,
"Michelle is my daughter, and just once in my life I want her to wait on me!"
"The Christian worldview insists that the face of a child with Down syndrome is infinitely more beautiful than an airbrushed model on the cover of a fashion magazine."
- Albert Mohler
"A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal."
- Steve Maraboli
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A discussion about Truth and Reconciliation with two members of the Wiikwemkoong First Nation, and a member and Chief of the Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation.
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