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Culture Quotes by Pope Francis
- Human beings are themselves considered consumer goods to be used and then discarded. We have created a 'disposable' culture which is now spreading. It is…
- The culture of prosperity deadens us; we are thrilled if the market offers us something new to purchase; and in the meantime all those lives…
- Men and women are sacrificed to the idols of profit and consumption: it is the 'culture of waste.' If a computer breaks it is a…
- Say no to an ephemeral, superficial and throwaway culture, a culture that assumes that you are incapable of taking on responsibility and facing the great…
- Every child who, rather than being born, is condemned unjustly to being aborted, bears the face of Jesus Christ, bears the face of the Lord,…
- Today, there are those who say that marriage is out of fashion... They say that it is not worth making a life-long commitment, making a…
- We don't want this globalised economic system which does us so much harm. Men and women have to be at the centre (of an economic…
- The popes have spoken of human ecology, closely linked to environmental ecology. We are living in a time of crisis: we see this in the…
- Abortion is without a doubt one of the greatest moral evils within modernity. As the "Advocate of Christian Memory," a pope must take up the…
- The family is threatened by growing efforts on the part of some to redefine the very institution of marriage, by relativism, by the culture of…
- It is neither a culture of confrontation nor a culture of conflict which builds harmony within and between peoples, but rather a culture of encounter…
- The culture of comfort, which makes us think only of ourselves, makes us insensitive to the cries of other people.
- Let Christ turn your natural optimism into Christian hope, your energy into moral virtue, your good will into genuine self-sacrificin g love! This is the…
- I ask all people of goodwill to help build a culture of encounter, solidarity and peace
- We have begun a throw away culture. This tendency is seen on the level of individuals and whole societies; and it is being promoted! In…
- ...men and women are sacrificed to the idols of profit and consumption: it is the "culture of waste." If you break a computer it is…
- You have a specific and important mission, that of keeping alive the relationship between the faith and the cultures of the peoples to whom you…
- This culture of waste has made us insensitive even to the waste and disposal of food, which is even more despicable when all over the…
- [T]he "home" represents the most precious human treasures, that of encounter, that of relations among people, different in age, culture and history, but who live…
- There is no worse material poverty than one that does not allow for earning one’s bread and deprives one of the dignity of work. Youth…
- Human beings are themselves considered consumer goods to be used and then discarded. We have created a "disposable" culture which is now spreading. It is…
- Together with a culture of work, there must be a culture of leisure as gratification. To put it another way: people who work must take…
More Culture Quotes
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are… — Aristotle
- Don't tire yourself more than need be, even at the price of founding a culture on the fatigue of your bones. — Antonin Artaud
- The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes. — Bella Abzug
- It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Violence against women in all its forms is a human rights violation. It's not something that any culture, religion or tradition propagates. — Michelle Bachelet
- Morals are built on religious faith. Virtue is built on morality and influences a culture. — Michele Bachmann
- The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities. — Lord Acton
- Well, if you look at all of the cultures in America, this is a great opportunity for us to really get acquainted… — Erykah Badu
- You don't get to choose how you're going to die, or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now. — Joan Baez
- A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself. — Walter Bagehot
- We look into mirrors but we only see the effects of our times on us - not our effects on others. — Pearl Bailey