Quotemeal: Mar. 20th, 2006

Monday, March 20, 2006

"The seven social sins: politics without principle, wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice."
— Frederick Lewis Donaldson

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"All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions."
— Reinhold Niebuhr —
"The great thing, and the only thing, is to adore and praise God."
— Thomas Merton —
"Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand."
— St. Augustine of Hippo —
"There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great."
— G. K. Chesterton —

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Illustration of Frederick Lewis Donaldson — "The seven social sins: politics without principle, wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice."

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