Saturday, August 9, 2008

Human Respect

When I feel afraid of the gaze of men, afraid to do before their eyes what my conscience bids me do, let me ask myself: "Do I owe any of these gentlemen money?"

"No, certainly I am not beholden to any of them."

"Why then cringe and cower before them, like a debtor at a meeting of creditors?"

-- Joseph Rickaby, SJ, Ye Are Christ's