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“In the materialistic perspective described so far, interpersonal relations are seriously impoverished. The first to be harmed are women, children, the sick or suffering, and the elderly. The criterion of personal dignity-which demands respect, generosity and service-is replaced by the criterion of efficiency, functionality and usefulness: others are considered not for what they "are", but for what they "have, do and produce". This is the supremacy of the strong over the weak.”
― John Paul II, Evangelium Vitae: The Gospel of Life

“Jesus, may Your pure and healthy blood circulate in my ailing organism, and may Your pure and healthy body transform my weak body, and may a healthy and vigorous life throb within me, if it is truly Your holy will that I should set about the work in question; and this will be a clear sign of Your holy will for me.”
― Maria Faustyna Kowalska, Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska: Divine Mercy in My Soul

“A man may love you and yet not love Wormtongue or his counsels.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

“I should like to save the Shire, if i could - though there have been times when I thought the inhabitants too stupid and dull for words, and have felt that an earthquake or an invasion of dragons might be good for them.”
― J. R. R. Tolkien