#outcast

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.' These men without possessions or power, these strangers on Earth, these sinners, these followers of Jesus, have in their life with him renounced their own dignity, for they are merciful. As if their own needs and their own distress were not enough, they take upon themselves the distress and humiliation of others. They have an irresistible love for the down-trodden, the sick, the wretched, the wronged, the outcast and all who are tortured with anxiety. They go out and seek all who are enmeshed in the toils of sin and guilt. No distress is too great, no sin too appalling for their pity. If any man falls into disgrace, the merciful will sacrifice their own honour to shield him, and take his shame upon themselves. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#god #grace #guilt #jesus #merciful

There's no need to curse God if you're an ugly duckling. He chooses those strong enough to endure it so that they can guide others who've felt the same. ↗

— Criss Jami

#beautiful-people #curse #duck #duckling #endure

I can't go back and label myself as an outcast because I was a pretty well-adjusted kid, but I can certainly relate to the feeling of being an outsider. ↗

— Lasse Hallstrom

#because #being #certainly #feeling #go

I always preferred to hang out with the outcasts, 'cause they were cooler; they had better taste in music, for one thing, I guess because they had more time to develop one with the lack of social interaction they had! ↗

— John Hughes

#because #better #better taste #cause #cooler

I wouldn't want them to feel lonely or outcast ever in any way. And no matter where they were in the world, I'd want them to always feel incredibly confident about who they were and proud. ↗

— Jennifer Beals

#always #any #confident #ever #feel

Those who actually hate animals to the point of being cruel to them are outcasts to the rest of us, no matter where in the world they live. ↗

— Nick Clooney

#being #cruel #hate #live #matter

Placebo is music for outsiders, by outsiders and our gigs are like conventions of outcasts, which is cool. ↗

— Brian Molko

#cool #gigs #like #music #our

We have often been attracted to the story of the other, the outcast. And he and I just loved working together, so it just kept happening, and our relationship is completely bound up with our work. We enjoy each other's art. ↗

— Julie Taymor

#attracted #been #bound #completely #each

Who knows what true loneliness is - not the conventional word but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves it wears a mask. The most miserable outcast hugs some memory or some illusion. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#hugs #illusion #knows #loneliness #lonely

In other countries, it's a common thing to have outcast children running around the streets in packs, and I don't think we're so far away from it here. ↗

— Penelope Spheeris

#away #children #common #common thing #countries