Author: Eugene Kennedy

Quotes

From his first hours as pope, Francis has re-enacted or spoken of the great pastoral transformation of Vatican II as his own agenda.

From his first hours as pope, Francis has re-enacted or spoken of the great pastoral transformation of Vatican II as his own agenda.

- Eugene Kennedy

We may thank God that we can feel pain and know sadness, for these are the human sentiments that constitute our glory as well as our grief.

We may thank God that we can feel pain and know sadness, for these are the human sentiments that constitute our glory as well as our grief.

- Eugene Kennedy

Friendship is something whose depth fits human aspirations and fulfills human possibilities. It has heft to it, as a gold-piece does and a gambling chip does not.

Friendship is something whose depth fits human aspirations and fulfills human possibilities. It has heft to it, as a gold-piece does and a gambling chip does not.

- Eugene Kennedy

The real test of friendship is: can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple?

The real test of friendship is: can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple?

- Eugene Kennedy

The object of religion is the imagination, that deep and inexhaustible font of our understanding and symbolizing our deepest possibilities.

The object of religion is the imagination, that deep and inexhaustible font of our understanding and symbolizing our deepest possibilities.

- Eugene Kennedy

We not only romanticize the future; we have also made it into a growth industry, a parlor game and a disaster movie all at the same time.

We not only romanticize the future; we have also made it into a growth industry, a parlor game and a disaster movie all at the same time.

- Eugene Kennedy

Our human experience, like the World War II Ultra code-breaking machine, catches the heavy traffic of messages about what we really do and what is done to us every day.

Our human experience, like the World War II Ultra code-breaking machine, catches the heavy traffic of messages about what we really do and what is done to us every day.

- Eugene Kennedy

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