Status Updates From Deus É Jovem

“I instead support ambition that is consistent with respect for others, especially the weak. I would like to see ambitious, courageous, anti-conformist, and revolutionary young people who show tenderness.”

“…it is urgent that we reclaim an important and under-valued spiritual principle: austerity. We have entered an abyss of consumption where we are led to believe that we are valued for what we are capable of producing and consuming, for what we are able to process. Educating about austerity actually results in an incomparable richness.”

“…a person who commits suicide is a victim…A hypocrite, on the other hand, is more of a suicide: He commits suicide every day; he kills his morality and his dignity, and lives by appearances.”

“Doing good must become an addiction, an addiction that you must not recover from.”

“Everything is related, everything is integrated and in motion, the care of our life and our relationship with nature is inseparable from fraternity, justice, and devotion towards others.”

“Can it be that today we need large numbers to feel loved — we’ve gone global with our private problems — whereas previously we were satisfied with the love of fewer people?”

“A person who turns to extremes and tends toward rigidity is a fearful person. he hides behind to digits as a defense.”

[talking about the 15 dangerous diseases for men]

“The second is the disease that I call ‘marthaism’ (based on Martha of Bethany, recounted in the Gospel of Luke), namely excessive activity: It afflicts those who immerse themselves in work, inevitably neglecting to sit at the feet of Jesus (Luke 10:38-42). Neglecting needed rest leads to stress, anxiety, and useless agitation.”

“Old dreamers and young prophets are our uprooted society’s path to salvation: Two generations of discarded throwaways can save us all.”