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The wrath of God is a way of saying that I have been living in a way that is contrary to the love that is God. Anyone who begins to live and grow away from God, who lives away from what is good, is turning his life toward wrath. ↗

— Joseph Ratzinger

#away #been #begins #contrary #god

Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There may be legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging war and applying the death penalty, but not... with regard to abortion and euthanasia. ↗

— Joseph Ratzinger

#about #among #applying #catholics #death

Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to the Church. ↗

— Joseph Ratzinger

#appropriate #cannot #church #civil #civil society

The real "action" in the liturgy in which we are all supposed to participate is the action of God himself. This is what is new and distinctive about the Christian liturgy: God himself acts and does what is essential. ↗

— Joseph Ratzinger

#action #acts #christian #distinctive #does

We must have great respect for these people who also suffer and who want to find their own way of correct living. On the other hand, to create a legal form of a kind of homosexual marriage, in reality, does not help these people. ↗

— Joseph Ratzinger

#correct #create #does #find #form

But I think that sensitivity is also a good counsellor when it comes to enforcing one's interests. ↗

— Johannes Rau

#comes #counsellor #enforcing #good #i

In spite of the polls, the fact is that American Muslims are very happy and they thrive in this country. ↗

— Feisal Abdul Rauf

#country #fact #happy #muslims #polls

We are Americans. We - we - we are - we are doctors. We are investment bankers. We are taxi drivers. We are store keepers. We are lawyers. We are - we are part of the fabric of America. And the way that America today treats its Muslims is being watched by over a billion Muslims worldwide. ↗

— Feisal Abdul Rauf

#bankers #being #billion #doctors #drivers

And all of this, all these physical aspects of painting at that time excited me very much. You could do a picture in just black and white. I mean all the things, whether you're soliciting permission or not, do give you permission. ↗

— Robert Rauschenberg

#black #black and white #could #excited #give

I don't think any one person, whether artist or not, has been given permission by anyone to put the responsibility of the way things are on anyone else. ↗

— Robert Rauschenberg

#anyone #artist #been #else #given