Category: Quotes

Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge.  It requires no accountability, no understanding.  The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world. 

~ Bill Bullard

To be centered in God alone does not mean to have no interests but God. It means to realize that all other interests are meant to bring us closer to God. They are not meant to take God’s place in our lives but to enable God’s spirit to enhance the meaning of everything else.

~ Sr. Joan Chittister

The poverty of the poor is not a call to generous relief action, but a demand that we go and build a different social order.

~ Gustavo Gutierrez

Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many.

True humility is not thinking less of yourself. It is thinking of yourself less.

“We are all called, good and bad. The Church is not only for the good, or for those who seem good or believe themselves good. The Church is for everyone, and even preferably for the wicked, because the Church is mercy.” 

~ Pope Francis

The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.

~ Paul Coelho

“This is a person out of control…He is the Chief Law Enforcement Officer of the land. He encouraged people to lie for him.  He lied. I think he obstructed justice. I think there’s a compelling case…that [it] would be better for him to leave office than stay in office. ”

~ Republican Senator Lindsey Graham (1999)

Just a reminder, Trump’s attacked immigrants & refugees, people of color, war heroes & Gold Star families, the press, the FBI, Intel leaders & Democrats, Western allies incl. Justin Trudeau, Americans of all shapes & sizes. Who has he not attacked or questioned? Vladimir Putin.

~ Steve Beschloss