“We have created new idols. The worship of the ancient golden calf (cf. Ex 32:1-35) has returned in a new and ruthless guise in the idolatry of money and the dictatorship of an impersonal economy lacking a truly human purpose. The worldwide crisis affecting finance and the economy lays bare their imbalances and, above all, their lack of real concern for human beings; man is reduced to one of his needs alone: consumption.” MenNeedsHumansRealPurposeHuman BeingsEconomyWorshipConcernCrisisLaysAncientGoldenFinanceIdolsDictatorshipConsumptionConsumerismLackingExesRuthlessIdolatryOverconsumptionGuiseImbalanceCfsCalves Author:Pope Francis
“Why should human females become sterile in their forties, while female crocodiles continue to lay eggs into their third century?” ShouldHumansWomenCenturyFemaleThirdsLaysFortyEggsCrocodiles Author:Aldous Huxley
“Man is mortal. Everyone has to die some day or the other. But one must resolve to lay down one's life in enriching the noble ideals of self-respect and in bettering one's human life. We are not slaves. Nothing is more disgraceful for a brave man than to live life devoid of self-respect.” MenHumansSelfDiesIdealsLaysBraveSlaveNobleMortalsLive LifeHuman LifeSelf RespectResolveBrave ManEnrichingDisgraceful Author:B. R. Ambedkar
“Let no one imagine that he will lose anything of human dignity by this voluntary sell-out of his all to his God. He does not by this degrade himself as a man; rather he finds his right place of high honor as one made in the image of his Creator. His deep disgrace lay in his moral derangement, his unnatural usurpation of the place of God. His honor will be proved by restoring again that stolen throne. In exalting God over all, he finds his own highest honor upheld.” MenHumansDoeMadeLosesMoralImagineHonorHighestDignitySellsLaysCreatorImagine ThatThronesStolenDiscipleshipDisgraceRight PlaceUnnaturalHuman DignityDegradeRestoringUsurpation Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“I think the essence of [Kurt] Vonnegut's humanism lay in his emphasis on human kindness as, so to speak, our saving grace.” ThinkingHumansSpeakKindnessGraceEssenceLaysHumanismSavingEmphasisHuman KindnessSaving Grace Author:Michael Dirda