“I should fancy that the real tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self-denial.”

“The tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self denial.”

“The rich can afford to be progressive. Poor people have reason to be afraid of the future.”

“To trust people is a luxury in which only the wealthy can indulge; the poor cannot afford it.”

“Inherent rights are from God, and the tragedies of the world originate in their attempted denial.”

“Very harmful effects can follow accepting the philosophy which denies personal guilt or sin and thereby makes everyone nice. By denying sin, the nice people make a cure impossible. Sin is most serious, and the tragedy is deepened by the denial that we are sinners…The really unforgiveable sin is the denial of sin, because, by its nature, there is now nothing to be forgiven. By refusing to admit to personal guilt, the nice people are made into scandalmongers, gossips, talebearers, and supercritics, for they must project their real if unrecognized guilt to others. This, again, gives them a new illusion of goodness: the increase of faultfinding is in direct ratio and proportion to the denial of sin.”