We shall not weary, we shall not rest, as we stand guard at the entrance gates and the exit gates of life, and at every step along way of life, bearing witness in word and deed to the dignity of the human person-of every human person.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of vigilance and dignity in our treatment of every human being throughout life.
Richard John Neuhaus's quote speaks to the moral duty we have to uphold the dignity of every human person. It highlights the need for constant vigilance and commitment in our actions and words, ensuring that we honor and protect the humanity of individuals at all stages of life. It serves as a reminder that our responsibilities extend beyond mere tolerance; we must actively advocate for and witness the dignity of every person we encounter.
In practice
This quote can be used in a discussion about human rights.
Optimism is a matter optics, of seeing what you want to see and not seeing what you don't want to see. Hope, on the other hand, is a Christian virtue. It is the unblinking acknowledgment of all that militates against hope, and the unrelenting refusal to despair. We have not the right to despair, and, finally, we have not the reason to despair
Progress without the reasoned freedom to think and act is regression to slavery.
Respect for the dignity of others includes treating them as rational creatures capable of being persuadad by rational argument, even in the face of frequent evidence to the contrary.
If the cause of poverty is marginalization, the cure is inclusion.
By the time you read this, you'll be older than you remember.
O mischief, thou art swift to enter in the thoughts of desperate men!
Guilt -- if there was any guilt -- spread out and diffused itself over everybody and everything. . . . Perhaps at some point in time, at some spot in the world, a moment of responsibility existed.
Vexed sailors cursed the rain, for which poor shepherds prayed in vain.
Remember Jesus of Nazareth, staggering on broken feet out of the tomb toward the Resurrection, bearing on his body the proud insignia of the defeat which is victory, the magnificent defeat of the human soul at the hands of God.
'He who seeks may easily get lost himself. It is a crime to go apart and be alone.' Thus speaks the herd.
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