“Modern society calls the beggar bum and panhandler and gives him the bum's rush. But the Greeks used to say that people in need are the ambassadors of the gods” — Peter Maurin Copy Share Image
In the first centuries of Christianity the hungry were fed at a personal sacrifice, the naked were clothed at a personal sacrifice, the homeless were sheltered at a personal sacrifice... And the pagans used to say about the Christians, "See how they love each other." In our own day the poor are no longer fed, clothed, and sheltered at a… — Peter Maurin Copy Share
The world would be better off if people tried to become better. And people would become better if they stopped trying to become better… — Peter Maurin Copy Share Image
The world would become better off If people tried to become better. And people would become better If they stopped trying to become better… — Peter Maurin Copy Share Image
If we are crazy, then it is because we refuse to be crazy in the same way that the world has gone crazy. — Peter Maurin Copy Share Image
I want a change, and a radical change. I want a change from an acquisitive society to a functional society, from a society of… — Peter Maurin Copy Share Image
“Modern society calls the beggar bum and panhandler and gives him the bum's rush. But the Greeks used to say that people in need… — Peter Maurin Copy Share Image
The world would be better off if people tried to become better, And people would become better if they stopped trying to be better… — Peter Maurin Copy Share Image
In the Catholic Worker we must try to have the voluntary poverty of St. Francis, the charity of St. Vincent de Paul, the intellectual… — Peter Maurin Copy Share Image
What we give to the poor for Christ's sake, is what we carry with us when we die. — Peter Maurin Copy Share Image
