I have a skin disorder that destroys the pigmentation of the skin, it's something that I cannot help, OK?
We do not innovate anything. . . How is it that novelties are introduced which were never even thought of by our predecessors?
The world has been created for everyone's use, but you few rich are trying to keep it up for yourselves. For not merely the possession of the earth, but the very sky, the air, and the sea are claimed for the use of the rich few. . . The earth belongs to all, not just to the rich.
For how can we adopt those things which we do not find in the holy Scriptures?
God is not accustomed to refusing a good gift to those who ask for one. Since he is good, and especially to those who are faithful to him, let us hold fast to him with all our soul, our heart, our strength, and so enjoy his light and see his glory and possess the grace of supernatural joy.
There is nothing evil save that which perverts the mind and shackles the conscience.
Unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of God. No one is excepted, not [even] the infant.
I suspected, however, that I wasn't homesick for anything I would find at home when I returned. The longing was for what I wouldn't find: the past and all the people and places there were lost to me.
Incivility is a symptom, not the disease. We've always had partisan conflict in Congress, and we always will. Yet when I worked for a year (1970-71) on the staff of Sen. Ed Muskie of Maine, this was a different place, more collegial, more sensitive to data, more concerned about all of the American people. I think because the for-profit media prizes conflict above cooperation and sound bites above analysis, politicians have learned to adapt to those tendencies. Consequently, our public debates are dumbed down as our problems grow more complex.
Working for a just distribution of the fruits of the earth and human labor is not mere philanthropy. It is a moral obligation.
The afterlife looks different to every soul," he said, "depending on whatthey believe. For that guy, Egypt must've made a strong impression when he was young , maybe. " "And if someone doesn't believe in any afterlife?" i asked. Walt gave me a sad look. "Then that's what they experience.