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The role of the Christian is to comfort the afflicted -- of course -- but also to afflict the comfortable. We have people who need to be afflicted a little bit, particularly in their outlook towards the poor and the marginalized. – James Martin S.J.	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable. – Finley Peter Dunne	added by anonymous 10 years ago
The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism. – Harold Geneen	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Now, the vicissitudes that afflict the individual have their source in society. It is this situation that has given currency to the phrase social forces. Personal relations have given way to impersonal ones. The Great Society has arrived and the task of our generation is to bring it under control. The study of how it is to be done is the function of politics. – Aneurin Bevan	added by anonymous 10 years ago
War is one of the scourges with which it has pleased God to afflict men. – Cardinal Richelieu	added by anonymous 13 years ago
In all life one should comfort the afflicted, but verily, also, one should afflict the comfortable, and especially when they are comfortably, contentedly, even happily wrong. – John Kenneth Galbraith, Guardian (London, 28 July 1989)	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Give not over thy soul to sorrow and afflict not thyself in thy own counsel. Gladness of heart is the life of man and the joyfulness of man is length of days. – Ecclesiastes	added by anonymous 14 years ago

The role of the Christian is to comfort the afflicted -- of course -- but also to afflict the comfortable. We have people who need to be afflicted a little bit, particularly in their outlook towards the poor and the marginalized.

– James Martin S.J.

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.

– Finley Peter Dunne

added by anonymous
10 years ago

The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism.

– Harold Geneen

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Now, the vicissitudes that afflict the individual have their source in society. It is this situation that has given currency to the phrase social forces. Personal relations have given way to impersonal ones. The Great Society has arrived and the task of our generation is to bring it under control. The study of how it is to be done is the function of politics.

– Aneurin Bevan

added by anonymous
10 years ago

War is one of the scourges with which it has pleased God to afflict men.

– Cardinal Richelieu

added by anonymous
13 years ago

In all life one should comfort the afflicted, but verily, also, one should afflict the comfortable, and especially when they are comfortably, contentedly, even happily wrong.

– John Kenneth Galbraith, Guardian (London, 28 July 1989)

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Give not over thy soul to sorrow and afflict not thyself in thy own counsel. Gladness of heart is the life of man and the joyfulness of man is length of days.

– Ecclesiastes

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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