"What the poor need is not charity but capital, not caseworkers but coworkers. And what the rich need is a wise, honorable and just way of divesting themselves of their overabundance."

-- Clarence Jordan

#Wise Quotes #Needs Quotes #Charity Quotes

“Nature has placed the need to see justice done in some souls, and the need to flout and affront it in others.”
“Besides being asked why I write about young characters, I am often asked how I write about young characters. How do I throw myself across the chasm of full adulthood to relive that period? I guess I donâ€™t, really. Age is not so much a feature of your character, as the spot where you stand for a pretty fleeting time on the arc of your life.”

Source : FaceBook post by Ann Brashares from Jan 25, 2013
“But when adults speak up for the vulnerable and the weak, working and demanding that safety and respect prevail, God's little lambs are protected and nourished. They know they are not abandoned; they are loved. And the world becomes a little more like heaven as a result.”

Source : Wess Stafford (2010). “Too Small to Ignore: Why the Least of These Matters Most”, p.159, WaterBrook
“No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.”
“Christianity is a lifestyle - a way of being in the world that is simple, non-violent, shared, and loving. However, we made it into an established "religion" (and all that goes with that) and avoided the lifestyle change itself. One could be warlike, greedy, racist, selfish, and vain in most of Christian history, and still believe that Jesus is one's "personal Lord and Savior" . . . The world has no time for such silliness anymore. The suffering on Earth is too great.”
“It is one of my favorite thoughts that God manifests Himself to men in all the wise, good, humble, generous, great, and magnanimous men.”
“Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.”

Source : Arthur Miller (2015). “After the Fall”, p.96, Bloomsbury Publishing
“I don't think his elevator went all the way to the top anymore, if you know what I mean”

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