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> [The world would be better off if people tried to become better, And people would become better if they stopped trying to be better off. For when everyone tries to become better off nobody is better off. But when everyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maurin/the-world-would-be-better-off-if-people-tried-to-become-better-and-2/)

[Peter Maurin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maurin/)

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## More by Peter Maurin

> [In the first centuries of Christianity the hungry were fed at a personal sacrifice, the naked were clothed at a personal sacrifice, the homeless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maurin/in-the-first-centuries-of-christianity-the-hungry-were-fed-at-a/)

[Peter Maurin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maurin/)

> [The world would be better off if people tried to become better. And people would become better if they stopped trying to become better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maurin/the-world-would-be-better-off-if-people-tried-to-become-better-and/)

[Peter Maurin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maurin/)

> [The world would become better off If people tried to become better. And people would become better If they stopped trying to become better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maurin/the-world-would-become-better-off-if-people-tried-to-become-better/)

[Peter Maurin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maurin/)

> [If we are crazy, then it is because we refuse to be crazy in the same way that the world has gone crazy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maurin/if-we-are-crazy-then-it-is-because-we-refuse-to-be-crazy-in-the-same/)

[Peter Maurin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maurin/)

> [The future will be different if we make the present different.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maurin/the-future-will-be-different-if-we-make-the-present-different/)

[Peter Maurin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maurin/)

> [I want a change, and a radical change. I want a change from an acquisitive society to a functional society, from a society of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maurin/i-want-a-change-and-a-radical-change-i-want-a-change-from-an/)

[Peter Maurin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maurin/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maurin/modern-society-calls-the-beggar-bum-and-panhandler-and-gives-him-the/)

[Peter Maurin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maurin/)

> [The scholars must become workers so the workers may be scholars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maurin/the-scholars-must-become-workers-so-the-workers-may-be-scholars/)

[Peter Maurin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maurin/)

> [The world would be better off if people tried to become better, And people would become better if they stopped trying to be better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maurin/the-world-would-be-better-off-if-people-tried-to-become-better-and-2/)

[Peter Maurin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maurin/)

> [In the Catholic Worker we must try to have the voluntary poverty of St. Francis, the charity of St. Vincent de Paul, the intellectual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maurin/in-the-catholic-worker-we-must-try-to-have-the-voluntary-poverty-of/)

[Peter Maurin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maurin/)

> [The coat that hangs in your closet belongs to the poor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maurin/the-coat-that-hangs-in-your-closet-belongs-to-the-poor/)

[Peter Maurin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maurin/)

> [What we give to the poor for Christ's sake, is what we carry with us when we die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maurin/what-we-give-to-the-poor-for-christ-s-sake-is-what-we-carry-with-us/)

[Peter Maurin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maurin/)

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