I want a change, and a radical change. I want a change from an acquisitive society to a functional society, from a society of go-getters to a society of go-givers. — 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… — 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 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
