"The puzzle is why so many people live so badly. Not so wickedly, but so inanely. Not so cruelly, but so stupidly. There is little to admire and less to imitate in the people who are prominent in our culture. We have celebrities but not saints. Famous entertainers amuse a nation of bored insomniacs. Infamous criminals act out the aggressions of timid conformists. Petulant and spoiled athletes play games vicariously for lazy and apathetic spectators. People, aimless and bored, amuse themselves with trivia and trash. Neither the adventure of goodness nor the pursuit of justice gets headlines."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Poets from the United StatesTranslators from the United StatesPeople from Washington (state)People from Montana
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Living the Message: Daily Reflections with Eugene H. Peterson (1996), p. 114
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Eugene_H._Peterson
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Eugene H. Peterson
Eugene H. Peterson (November 6, 1932 – October 22, 2018) was an American-born clergyman, scholar, author, and poet.
2 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Eugene H. Peterson →
Related Quotes
"Creativity is difficult. When you are being creative, you’re living by faith. You don’t know what’s next because the …"
"Aye, think! Since time and life began, Your mind has only feared and slept; Of all the beasts they called you man Onl…"
"Would you end war? Create great Peace."
"To be a god First I must be a god-maker: We are what we create."
"Hearts starve as well as bodies: Give us Bread, but give us Roses."
"Up in the heights of the evening skies I see my City of Cities float In sunset’s golden and crimson dyes: I look, and…"
"They can only set free men free... And there is no need of that: Free men set themselves free."
"Hadn't he been blowing kisses to Earth millions of years before I was born?"
"Quick as a hummingbird is my love, Dipping into the hearts of flowers—She darts so eagerly, swiftly, sweetly, Dipping…"
"We age inevitably: The old joys fade and are gone: And at last comes equanimity and the flame burning clear."