4-Oct-2005
“When someone steals a man’s clothes we call him a thief. Should we not
give the same name to one who could clothe the naked and does not? The
bread in your cupboard belongs to the hungry man; the coat hanging
unused in your closet belongs to the man who needs it; the shoes
rotting in your closet belong to the man who has no shoes; the money
which you hoard up belongs to the poor.”
– St. Basil (the Great),
Bishop of Caesarea, AD 370