You exalted charity.
You encouraged fraternal sympathy in your fellowman.
But if you rid yourself of human possessions in order to succor needy companions, whoever they may be, you gave to others the light of beneficence.
You eulogized faith.
You encouraged your fellow man to have trust.
But if you show confidence in God and in yourself, in the disagreeable happenings of existence, you gave others the transforming strength to move mountains of inquietude and fear.
You recommended patience.
You imbued your fellow man with the essence of tolerance.
But if you show serenity in the trials which devastate your soul, you gave others the tranquil resistance against the empire of evil.
You advised humility.
You instilled in your fellow mans the vocation to serve.
But if you understand the needs and shortcomings of others, by unconditionally forgiving all the injures which have rained down upon your life, you gave others the inner appeal of divine virtue.
Words incline.
Examples reform.
In all that refers to good, let us not forget that to teach is to induce, but to do good is to give of ourselves unto others the same good which all of us need to do.
Albino Teixeira