Certainly, the wealth of the rich is a consequence of the poverty of the poor. (Lori Altmann, p. 85)

I don't tolerate politics that come from anger. I want a politics derived from beauty... I don't admire politicians, but poets. (Rubem Alves, p. 189)

I think both Protestants and Catholics have killed the woman for the sake of the mother. (Rubem Alves, p. 201)

Jesus revealed a face of God that bothered society profoundly! (Carlos Mesters, p. 122)

...the oppressor is truly repressed. Their poverty is existential, often surrounded by an abundance of material goods. (Leonardo Boff, p. 179)

I believe that theology is facing the abyss.I must face the abyss, the abyss of existence, the abyss of mystery. (Rubem Alves, p. 189)

PENITENT, adj. Undergoing or awaiting punishment.

You can never be free as long as you have an ego to defend.

Of course, the accumulation of wealth cannot be justified as the chief end of existence.

What a sad business is being funny!

There's nothing particularly wrong with being more pessimistic than optimistic. Optimism is broad-based, non-detail-oriented thinking; pessimism is detail-oriented thinking.

Ambition is a drug that makes its addicts potential madmen.

He who is not a bird should not build his nest over abysses.

A lot of men got upset at the feminist movement because they had all the toys and we wanted some.

Money is power, and you ought to be reasonably ambitious to have it.

I used to feel guilty about owning a console.