But when your country is little more than a commodity to be bought, sold, and consumed, this is what you come to expect.

Sometimes, though, just the question what do you do? can feel like somebody's opening a tiny little box and asking you to squeeze yourself inside of it.

Do such adoptions achieve anything more than helping the individual children adopted?

Emergency assistance is useful, but it is only that emergency assistance.

The hope that these countries can muddle through on their own is a dangerous illusion.

But that will require helping these societies transition from having merely political coalitions to building genuinely grassroots based social movements that advocate for the democratic culture.

Take yourself out of your shoes, put yourself into the shoes of another person.

Be yourself!

Be yourself.

Know thyself!

When you see Rokhshana's stoning video, you hate yourself as a man, you hate yourself as a human being. Muhib Shadan ( muhibshadan) November 5, 2015

Stand up for yourself.

You betrayed yourself.

Who do you think you are?

Who do you think you are?

Know your enemy and know yourself.

Don't lie to yourself.

Stop being stingy, and relax and let your wife relax as well.

What do you think you're doing?

You work too hard.

Don't change because of someone. Be yourself and the right one will like you as you are.

Pay attention to yourself, and to your teaching. Continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine continue in them for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.

You must get ready quickly.

God helps those who help themselves.

Help yourself and God will help you.

Respect yourself and you will be respected.

Don't trust anybody but yourself.

Global Voices Can you please introduce yourself?

You work too hard.

save yourself, and come down from the cross!

Save thyself, and come down from the cross.

In 2014, Melissa Fleming of the United Nations' refugee agency gave a TED talk about the need to help the refugees rebuild their lives, instead just allowing them to survive.

Help

Woody What do you think you're doing?

Maybe I'll feel good myself.

You ran into a dangerous situation.

You ran into a dangerous situation.

You don't have to punish yourself like this.

Who are are you to force me to fast? Do you like playing God?

How do you see yourself after 10 years?

You must control yourself.

Correct your son, and he will give you peace yes, he will bring delight to your soul.

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

He answered, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind and your neighbor as yourself.