"In the Bible poverty is a scandalous condition inimical to human dignity and therefore contrary to the will of God."

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Source : Gustavo Gutiérrez (1988). “A theology of liberation: history, politics, and salvation”

Gustavo GutiÃ©rrez

#Poverty Quotes #Dignity Quotes #Gods Will Quotes

“Seeing there are many who think they hold the opinions of Christ, and yet some of these think differently from their predecessors, yet as the teaching of the Church, transmitted in orderly succession from the apostles, and remaining in the Churches to the present day, is still preserved, that alone is to be accepted as truth which differs in no respect from ecclesiastical and apostolica tradition.”

Source : Origen (2012). “The Sacred Writings of Origen (Annotated Edition)”, p.54, Jazzybee Verlag
“We all find time to do what we really want to do.”
“Television's not going read stories to you.”
“When you are 16 there is no fear whatsoever. As you get older you play in more important games and that is when you start thinking about what will happen if you win or lose.”
“it is amazin, she thinks, how simple appearances can be created - a rush, a smile, a new coat of paint, a slow, calm voice, a hug, a new dress - a resolve to keep out questions and cling to secrets”
“To set up what you like against what you dislike, this is the disease of the mind.”
“They say that the eyes of some paintings can follow you around the room, a fact that I doubt, but I am wondering whether some music can follow you for ever.”
“If you outlaw half a million people you make martyrs of them. For example, if you outlaw Robin Hood, it is all very well, but if you outlaw a whole group of people around Robin Hood, then Robin Hood and his merry men become legends.”

Source : "The Nuremberg Interviews: Conversations with the Defendants and Witnesses". Book by Leon Goldensohn, Random House, p. 237 (To Leon Goldensohn, March 10, 1946), 2010.

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