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The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as poverty was before, the result read more
The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as poverty was before, the result of natural scarcity, but of a set of priorities imposed upon the rest of the world by the rich. Consequently, the modern poor are not pitied but written off as trash. The twentieth-century consumer economy has produced the first culture for which a beggar is a reminder of nothing.
Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch -what makes read more
Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch -what makes you go beyond the norm.
Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.
Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.
Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.
Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.
The price of wisdom is eternal thought.
The price of wisdom is eternal thought.
All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people. read more
All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people. - Reflections on Life.
What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for read more
What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for the closest possible intimacy with God.
Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than read more
Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith; and he that hath fellowship with a proud man shall be like read more
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith; and he that hath fellowship with a proud man shall be like unto him. [Ecclesiasticus 13:1].
