I cannot say to a person who suffers injustice, “Wait.” Perhaps you can. I can’t. And having decided that I cannot urge caution I must stand with him.
—Sandra “Casey” Cason (b. c. 1939)
Almanacked, their names live; they
Have slipped their names, and stand at ease,
Or gallop for what must be joy,
—Philip Larkin (1922–1985)
The clergyman is expected to be a kind of human Sunday. Things must not be done in him which are venial in the week-day classes. He is paid for this business of leading a stricter life than other people. It is his raison d’être.... This is why the clergyman is so often called a “vicar”Mhe being the person whose vicarious goodness is to stand for that of those entrusted to his charge.
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)