"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."- Mahatma Gandhi


That which they have.

Starfire- "Where there is love there is life."

Starfire loved many things, her friends, her home, her city, her boyfriend. It was only because of this, she believed, that she became so alive after her enslavement. She knew that if she had not found something to love she would have taken her own life, but love she did and became all the more radiant because of it.

Robin- "You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."

Living in Gotham Robin knew the worst dregs of humanity. Batman rarely dealt with someone that was a shining example of a human being. It was his unbending faith that allowed Robin to judge a person only as they came to him. No two people are the same and thus cannot be viewed as the same.

Raven- "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."

The monks had taught Raven that knowledge could cure all things, if humans knew everything then war would never have a place. It resonated deep within her and her thirst bloomed. Only when she came to Earth did she realize that knowledge needed both action and compassion to become that which saved lives.

Cyborg- "The good man is the friend of all living things."

Victor Stone tried to be good person to everyone. It was easy when he was flesh and blood and VIP of every football game. But being the good man was hard when everyone feared you because you were metal. It was a challenge that he felt was hopeless until he met others like him, people who were different-heroes.

Beast Boy- "Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners."

Beast Boy knew the pain of slavery. He knew the weight of a collar around his neck and knew that others felt like it was their fault that they had been enslaved. That is why he cases involving slavery he was the first to get there and the last to leave. Phone calls often came in the middle of the night for him from these people.


That which they lack.

Starfire- Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands of his brother, never by killing him."

Starfire could not look at her sister the same way ever again. Blackfire had tried to have her framed then married off. She had tried to bridge that gap but Blackfire had forced her to fight. The princesses were no longer family in anything but name. So if Blackfire ever came to fight again it might be for the last time.

Robin- "I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others."

Robin, the detective, was blind to certain things. He never took a moment to look at his own personality faults and only acknowledged those that dealt with his job, yet every other person had no safe ground from his encroachment. Every flaw of everyone else was a target in his near purge like quest to improve the team.

Raven- "Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."

Raven always hid what she thought behind her words. Her actions were compassion, her words harsh and her thoughts loving. Proclaiming that she was only repenting for a future sin was a lie. She felt that if she said what she meant she others would think her too soft for the job. It was never easy to hide but she did.

Cyborg- "There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread."

For the first time Cyborg felt truly ashamed. He had thought nothing of his own gluttony until a Buddhist temple started a hunger strike. Seventy men and women, both old and young, ate nothing for five days until their demands were met. A very simple 'for every homeless in the city a loaf of bread' that was all.

Beast Boy- "Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness."

Mento had drilled into his head that weakness was unacceptable. If you fell down nobody would help you up. That was the life that Beast Boy had until he met the Titans. His parents taught him how to pray but he stopped when he was adopted. It was like that for years until the Beast. He could acknowledge his weakness, he had to when it was staring him in the face.

"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will." -Mahatma Gandhi