{"quotes":[{"text":"TZEDAKAH is a Hebrew word commonly translated as “charity.” One Jewish leader described tzedakah as having eight levels of charitable giving. The eighth and highest level of giving is described like this:“The highest form of charity is to help sustain a person before they become impoverished by offering a substantial gift in a dignified manner, or by extending a suitable loan, or by helping them find employment or establish themselves in business so as to make it unnecessary for them to become dependent on others.”Serve others in a way that helps them become self-reliant (or interdependent) and watch miracles happen for both you and them.","author":"Richie Norton","tags":["charitable","charity","entrepreneurship","interdependent","richie-norton","social-entrepreneurship","tzedakah"],"id":56839,"author_id":"Richie+Norton"},{"text":"There is a music of the universes in every heart.","author":"Amit Ray","tags":["celebration","enlightenment","happiness","heart","inter-faith-love","interdependent","international","international-love","joy","kindness","music","peace","spirituality","unity","universe"],"id":178043,"author_id":"Amit+Ray"},{"text":"Man does not live in isolation, we depend upon each other.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["harmony","interdependence","interdependent","live","live-and-die","live-and-kicking","live-and-learn","live-and-life","live-and-living","live-and-love","lives","man"],"id":178451,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"Both outer and inner phenomena arise as a result of causes and conditions. Outer phenomena, the things of the physical world, arise in a series of seven steps. The texts use the example of a seed giving rise to a plant that gives rise to a fruit. The seven steps are: seed, sprout, leaflets, stemmed plant, bud, flower, fruit. Each stage succeeds the previous one in time and in order, each giving rise to the next.","author":"Dharma Publishing","tags":["buddhism","interdependent","pratityasamutpada","sutra"],"id":350391,"author_id":"Dharma+Publishing"},{"text":"The more we understand the One Idea, how all of life is interconnected and interdependent, the more we can act in positive ways for the good of all.","author":"Laurence Overmire","tags":["action","interconnectedness","interdependent","life","positive","science","understanding"],"id":427861,"author_id":"Laurence+Overmire"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":5,"pages":1}}