“It is not because food, clothes and property are inherently evil that Christians today must lower their standard of living. It is because others are starving. Creation is good. But the one who gave us this gorgeous token of his affection has asked us to share it with our sisters and brothers.” TodayChristianEvilShareCreationBrotherClothesStandardsPropertyAffectionConsumerismBrothers And SistersGorgeousStarvingOverconsumptionStandards Of LivingTokens Book:Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity Source: Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity
“I was raised by a lady that was crippled all her life but she did everything for me and she raised me. She washed our clothes, cooked our food, she did everything for us. I don't think I ever heard her complain a day in her life. She taught me responsibility towards my brother and sisters and the community.” ThinkingCommunityResponsibilityHeardTaughtBrotherClothesRaisedComplainingMy BrotherBrothers And SistersCrippled Author:Ernest Gaines
“Why don't men ... leave off those detestable stiff collars, stocks, and things, that make them all look like choked chickens, and which hide so many handsomely-turned throats, that a body never sees, unless a body is married, or unless a body happens to see a body's brothers while they are shaving.” MenLooksBodyHappensBrotherMarriedClothesChickensThroatCollarsShaving Book:FRESH LEAVES Source: FRESH LEAVES
“Growing up, I wasn't allowed dolls, and my brothers weren't allowed guns. I inherited my brothers' clothes. I was never dressed in pink, and they were never dressed in blue; there were none of those rules that people still bizarrely subscribe to.” PeopleStillsGrowing UpGrowingBrotherClothesGunBlueMy BrotherDolls Author:Natascha McElhone
“When I go visit my brother monks in Japan and sit down with other Zen Masters, they look at my crazy clothes and my strange expression, but they feel the power that emanates from my dedication to the practice. So they are comfortable with me, yet they're very uncomfortable.” FeelsLooksPracticeCrazyStrangeBrotherExpressionMastersBuddhismComfortableClothesUncomfortableMy BrotherJapanDedicationMonkEmanateZen Master Author:Frederick Lenz
“I'm a former hippie, so clothes are important to me - your clothes defined you in that period. I guess clothes still defines people. But, I change a lot. I'm in my Brooks Brothers period now.” PeopleStillsImportantBrotherPeriodsClothesDefinedFormerHippieBrooksBrooks Brothers Author:John Hughes
“I have been a long-time advocate for a just Arab-Israeli peace and for Palestinian refugees. Today, as you are aware, Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan and Iraq are being overwhelmed by those fleeing the conflict in Syria, often with nothing but the clothes on their backs. Many are severely tortured - abused women and their traumatized children whose husbands, fathers, and brothers have been killed or permanently disabled.” ChildrenLongHas BeensTodayFatherBrotherHusbandConflictClothesLong TimeIraqPalestinianSyriaRefugeeOverwhelmedTurkeysIsraeliDisabledJordanFleeingLebanonAbused WomenBeing OverwhelmedFather And BrotherPalestinian Refugees Author:Queen Noor of Jordan
“[My mother] worked at thrift stores and she didn't have a high school education. She sacrificed everything she had for me and my brothers. I never went without. She showed me that she could put food on the table, buy us Jordans, we had the best clothes and she worked two-three odd jobs.” TwoSchoolJobsMotherThreeBrotherClothesHigh SchoolTablesStoresOddMy BrotherJordanThriftSchool EducationOdd Jobs Author:Cory Hardrict