Recently, a friend told me about a quote they half-remembered, then they looked it up and gave me the full and correct version:
Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.
My friend attributed it to the Talmud, but according to this site (which... I don't know is authoritative), it is "more accurately described as a loose translation of commentary on a portion of the Pirke Avot, which is itself a commentary on Micah 6:8."
Either way, I'm keeping it.
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