Doe Quotes - Page 55

The assertion that men are objectively equal is so absurd that it does not even merit being refuted.

One of the ways that our faith expresses itself is by our ability to be still, to be present, and not to panic or lose perspective. God still does his best work in the most difficult of circumstances.

If the earth does grow inhospitable toward human presence, it is primarily because we have lost our sense of courtesy toward the earth and its inhabitants.

Martyrdom does not consist only in dying for one's faith. Martyrdom also consists in serving God with love and purity of heart every day of one's life

O Luther, you had 95 theses . . . The matter is far more terrible-there is only one thesis. The Christianity of the New Testament does not exist at all. Here there is nothing to reform.

The connoisseur does not drink wine but tastes its secrets

Myth does not want to be interpreted in cosmological terms but in anthropological terms or, better, in existentialist terms.

If certain acts in violation of treaties are crimes, they are crimes whether the United States does them or whether Germany does them, and we are not prepared to lay down a rule of criminal conduct against others which we would not be willing to have invoked against us.

The cross is Jesus going into the very lair of death. He goes to meet head-on that which frightens us the most. And what does He do? He battles it. He engages it. And finally he conquers it.

Does God exist? Well, I would say, 'not yet'.

Death does determine life.

The womb is like an altar, it's the place where God continually comes into the world and does what only God can do...create.

In fact we say that an intention is good, that is, right in itself, but that an action does not bear any good in itself but proceeds from a good intention. Whence when the same thing is done by the same man at different times, by the diversity of his intention, however, his action is now said to be good, now bad.

Minimum wage laws tragically generate unemployment, especially so among the poorest and least skilled or educated workers... Because a minimum wage, of course, does not guarantee any worker's employment; it only prohibits, by force of law, anyone from being hired at the wage which would pay his employer to hire him.

An easy life does not make men, nor does it build nations. Challenges make men, and it is these men who build nations.

One does not photograph something simply for 'what it is', but 'for what else it is.

He who does not master the nude cannot understand the principles of architecture.

A house that does not have one warm, comfy chair in it is soulless.

Whosoever does wrong, wrongs himself; whosoever does injustice, does it to himself, making himself evil.

Be ready for love when it does come. Prepare the field and be ready to nourish love. Be loving, and you will be lovable. Be open and receptive to love.

I think, if one is a painter, all you experience does come out when you’re painting.

It does not so much matter what happens. It is what one does when it happens that really counts.

The worth of a faith does not consist in the clarity with which it is stated but in the steadfastness with which it is defended.

Each man does seek his own interest, but, unfortunately, not according to the dictates of reason.

It's amazing what can happen if you just put your arm around somebody. It's the truest thing and the simplest thing that does the most good a lot of times and I hope that we can all just reach out to each other.