What Makes Man Human

To give and not to take
   that is what makes man human.
To serve and not to rule
   that is what makes man human.
To help and not to crush
   that is what makes man human.
To nourish and not to devour
   that is what makes man human.
And if need be
   to die and not to live
   that is what makes man human.
Ideals and not deals
   that is what makes man human.
Creed and not greed
   that is what makes man human.

By Peter Maurin, founder of the Catholic Worker Movement.