“Many Christians, though keenly sensitive to the dangers of greed and discontent that come with an economy of continually increasing consumption, nevertheless feel that it is worth risking if only it can end man's physical miseries. The trouble is that it can't. In a finite world, continually increasing consumption is just not possible.” IfsMenWorldFeelsEndsChristianEconomyTroubleDangerMiseryGreedSensitiveConsumptionNeverthelessConsumerismFiniteDiscontentOverconsumption Author:Joy Davidman
“Charity puts and end to poverty; righteous conduct to misery; discretion to ignorance; and scrutiny to fear.” EndsPovertyIgnoranceMiseryCharityRighteousDiscretionScrutiny Author:Chanakya
“God doth not promise here to man that HeWill free him quickly from his misery;But in His own time, and when He thinks fit,Then He will give a happy end to it.” ThinkingMenGivingEndsFitPromiseMisery Author:Robert Herrick
“Their [the Jews] rotten and unbending stiffneckedness deserves that they be oppressed unendingly and without measure or end and that they die in their misery without the pity of anyone.” EndsDiesDeserveMiseryJewPityOppressedRotten Author:John Calvin
“We have experienced the truth of this prophecy, for England has become the habitation of outsiders and the dominion of foreigners. Today, no Englishman is earl, bishop, or abbott, and newcomers gnaw away at the riches and very innards of England; nor is there any hope for an end of this misery.” EndsTodayEnglandMiseryRichesOutsidersProphecyForeignersEnglishmenDominionBishopsNewcomers Author:William of Malmesbury