Quotes
Authors
Raymond J. de Souza

"In restating this basic Christian doctrine, Benedict argues that it is not only for Christians alone. Others may not share the Christian faith in God, but the Christian proclamation that hope comes from within the person- in the realm of faith and conscience - is for them too. It offers an important protection against stifling and occasionally brutal social systems built on false hopes that come from outside the person, founded on political idealogies, economic models and social theories."

-- Raymond J. de Souza

#Christian Quotes #Hope Quotes #Political Quotes

“We can teach ourselves to see things the way they ARE. Only with vision can we begin to see things the way they CAN BE.”

Source : Max De Pree (1997). “Leading Without Power: Finding Hope in Serving Community”, Jossey-Bass
“Occasionally, I'll dream I'm in the factory. That will help me write. Not creatively, but more like a prod. I don't want to go back there.”
“What would've happened, do you think, had the government not intervened in October 2008? The catastrophe to the economy would've been absolutely unbelievable. And yet classical economists say, "Oh, well, no, it would've adjusted perfectly happily, a few weeks of pain and then everything would've gone on as before, without a banking system left." And that's what makes it so maddening, that these bankers are back saying it was all the government's fault. The government saved their skins. It didn't want to, but it needed to save their skins in order to save the rest of us.”
“If there is no intelligence in the universe, then the universe has created something greater than itself-for it has created you and me.”
“What all these victims need above all is to know that they are not alone; that we are not forgetting them, that when their voices are stifled we shall lend them ours, that while their freedome depends on ours, the quality of our freedom depends on theirs.”
“What is 'power' anyway? Power is an ego trip. Power is a way to rise yourself up by lowering others, and I want nothing of it.”
“Gerald Green is a fine Coach and Trainer, I have every confidence in his professionalism.”
“I devoured TV - everything from Super Friends in the morning to Dukes of Hazzard and The Love Boat and Fantasy Island at night. I watched it all. There were only four channels, so you could actually consume all of television if you were good at changing the channel.”

Source : Interview with Amy Sedaris, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 2, 2014.

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