Foreign Grid

“In the materialistic perspective described so far, interpersonal relations are seriously impoverished. The first to be harmed are women, children, the sick or suffering, and the elderly. The criterion of personal dignity-which demands respect, generosity and service-is replaced by the criterion of efficiency, functionality and usefulness: others are considered not for what they "are", but for what they "have, do and produce". This is the supremacy of the strong over the weak.”
― John Paul II, Evangelium Vitae: The Gospel of Life

“I’m not hurt. I’m appalled.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, Political Correctness: The Munk Debates

“that if the Lord demands something of a soul, He gives it the means to carry it out, and through grace He makes it capable of doing this.”
― Maria Faustyna Kowalska, Diary: Divine Mercy in My Soul

“I should like to save the Shire, if i could - though there have been times when I thought the inhabitants too stupid and dull for words, and have felt that an earthquake or an invasion of dragons might be good for them.”
― J. R. R. Tolkien