Peter Maurin Professions : Activist Born : May 9, 1877 Died : May 15, 1949 Browse All Authors Top 10 quotes by Peter Maurin The world would be better off Peter Maurin catholic trying people 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 crazy gone way 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 radical-change giver want In the first centuries of Christianity the hungry were fed at a personal sacrifice, the naked were clothed at a personal sacrifice, the homeless were sheltered at a personal sacrifice... And the pagans used to say about the Christians, "See how they love each other." In our own day the poor are no longer fed, clothed, and sheltered at a personal sacrifice, but at the expense of the taxpayers. And because of this the pagans say about the Christians, "See how they pass the buck." Peter Maurin naked sacrifice christian What we give to the poor for Christ's sake, is what we carry with us when we die. Peter Maurin sake giving christ The world would become better off Peter Maurin trying people world The coat that hangs in your closet belongs to the poor. Peter Maurin coats closets poor The future will be different if we make the present different. Peter Maurin different ifs The scholars must become workers so the workers may be scholars. Peter Maurin scholar may peace In the Catholic Worker we must try to have the voluntary poverty of St. Francis, the charity of St. Vincent de Paul, the intellectual approach of St. Dominic, the easy conversations about things that matter of St. Philip Neri, the manual labor of St. Benedict. Peter Maurin catholic intellectual trying Similar Authors Brooke Axtell activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali activist Assata Shakur activist Arun Manilal Gandhi activist Arthur Hertzberg activist Arlene Holt Baker activist All Authors
