“So many sins against the poor cry out to high heaven! One of the most deadly sins is to deprive the laborer of his hire. There is another: to instill in him paltry desires so compulsive that he is willing to sell his liberty and his honor to satisfy them. We are all guilty of concupiscence, but newspapers, radios, television, and battalions of advertising men (woe to that generation!) deliberately stimulate our desires, the satisfaction of which so often means the degradation of the family.” MenMeanDesireHeavenSinPoorLibertyGenerationsCryTelevisionWillingHonorSellsRadioSatisfactionNewspapersAdvertisingGuiltyConsumerismWoeDegradationOverconsumptionInstillLaborersDeadly Sins Author:Dorothy Day
“Milk-livered man, That bear'st a cheek for blows, a head for wrongs; Who hast not in thy brows an eye discerning Thine honor from thy suffering; [that not know'st Fools do those villains pity who are punished Ere they have done their mischief. Where's thy drum? France spreads his banners in our noiseless land, With plumed helm thy state begins to threat, Whilst thou, a moral fool, sits still and cries 'Alack, why does he so?']” KnowsMenDoeStillsStatesDoneEyeSufferingMoralLandCryFoolBearsHonorThreatBlowSpreadPityFranceMilkVillainCowardiceCheeksMischiefBrowsBannerDiscerningHelm Author:William Shakespeare
“When we shot "Cry Freedom," I wasn't even allowed in South Africa. They told me I could come but I wasn't going to leave. I had heavy death threats at that time. So we shot in Zimbabwe. In 1995, I had the privilege and the honor to meet Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela the same day: I had breakfast with Desmond Tutu and lunch with Nelson Mandela. Then I had the good fortune to have Mr. Mandela actually come to my house in California. There's been a tremendous amount of change.” HouseCryAmountHonorShotsThreatFortuneSouthPrivilegeHeavyCaliforniaBreakfastLunchSouth AfricaGood FortuneNelsonZimbabwe Author:Denzel Washington
“According to the spirit of this age, the ultimate sin is no longer the failure to honor and thank God but the failure to esteem oneself. Self-abasement, not God-abasement, is the evil. And the cry of deliverance is not "O wretched man that I am, who will deliver me?" but "O worthy man that I am, would that I could only see it better"!” MenSelfAgeSpiritEvilSinSelf EsteemCryHonorUltimateOneselfWorthyEsteemThank GodWretchedDeliveranceAbasement Author:John Piper
“All these cries of having "abolished slavery," of having "saved the country," of having "preserved the union," of establishing a "government of consent," and of "maintaining the national honor," are all gross, shameless, transparent cheats - so transparent that they ought to deceive no one.” CountryGovernmentCryOughtHonorSlaveryUnionsSavedDeceivingCheatConsentGrossMaintainingTransparentShameless Book:Let's Abolish Government Source: Let's Abolish Government
“This is how we honor 53 dead, innocent people who had nothing to do with their deaths. They just were in the wrong place at the wrong time, when a bigot decided to take 'em out. And all of a sudden we're judging the aftermath as to whether or not [Barack] Obama's an effective president? For crying out loud!” PeoplePresidentCryJudgingHonorDecidedInnocentBarackLoudEmsAftermathBigotsWrong Time Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Desperation compels us to pray with fervent, focused faith - especially when we have no one else to turn to. God honors our faith when we place it in him alone - with no back-up plan, no other recourse, no other way out. He hears and answers our desperate heart cry, because he loves to show himself strong on our behalf.” HeartStrongCryPrayingHonorFocusedDesperateDesperationTurn To God Author:Anne Graham Lotz