
“God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.”
Source: Farmer in the Sky (1950), Chapter 14, “Land of My Own” (p. 147)
“God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.”
Each and All
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Variant: Nor knowest thou what argument
Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent.
All are needed by each one;
Nothing is fair or good alone.
Source: "Locked Between Two Large Neighbors, Mongolia Seeks to Connect With the World" in IPI Global Observatory https://theglobalobservatory.org/2013/10/locked-between-two-large-neighbors-mongolia-seeks-to-connect-with-the-world/ (4 October 2013)
Context: This is the concept after 1990.
“If nowhere else, in the relation between Church and State, "good fences make good neighbors."”
McCollum v. Board of Education, 333 U.S. 203, 232 (1948).
Judicial opinions
“A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing.”
Source: Works and Days (c. 700 BC), line 346.
Jewcy, "What makes Mandy Patinkin spin his wheels" http://www.jewsweek.com/bin/en.jsp?enDispWho=Article%5El1739&enPage=BlankPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enVersion=0&enZone=Articles
“And good neighbors make a huge difference in the quality of life. I agree.”
Source: All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
“The good relations that must always exist between neighboring countries will be restored.”
Source: Eduardo de Castro (2021) cited in " Melilla Authorities Hope for Reopening of Borders With Morocco in 2022 https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2021/12/346225/melilla-authorities-hope-for-reopening-of-borders-with-morocco-in-2022" on Morocco World News, 27 December 2021.
Context: border opening between Melilla and Morocco after COVID-19 lockdown
“Far more important than a good remuneration is the pride of serving one's neighbor.”
On Revolutionary Medicine (1960)