José Carlos García Fajardo The atheist and the theist are believers, but the agnostic only looks for the truth. Religions sometimes feed poverty because they treat its symptoms, not its causes. A true service would be condemn this exploitation of the poor.
José Carlos García Fajardo If they care so much about the poor, couldn’t companies destine what they spend in their advertising campaigns to improve the research on the secondary effects of their products?
José Carlos García Fajardo It is absurd to hold on to things tightly, as if we were to take more than what we brought to this world. The only way to possess is to share with joy.
José Carlos García Fajardo It is possible to build a better world if we bring together efforts to propose feasible alternatives to the outdated and obsolete development model that prevails.
José Carlos García Fajardo To be ourselves in relation to others seems obscene because the norms of the market establish that thinking, daring, disagreeing, leaving the consumerist prison, is a sin. The ends justify the means and war is the logical instrument of this idolatry.
José Carlos García Fajardo One is born for the immortal life; one does not go from life to death, as in the East. Our lineal concept of time is strange to African thought. Future does not have a reality because it has not taken place.
José Carlos García Fajardo We cannot allow anyone to sell and to privatize memory. Not only because we would get lost, but also because memory is the only hope left to be able to open up a tomorrow.
José Carlos García Fajardo “Is there a way to make life worth living? I can’t say if happiness is what people consider happiness to be in reality. I only see them walking with their heads down, and obsessed with the general tide of the human flock, incapable of stopping, or changing directions.”
José Carlos García Fajardo Instead of worrying about doing good, we should do it. If we look for merit on our actions, these become prostituted. That is why the just person does not worry about doing good things: good are the things that the just person does.
José Carlos García Fajardo Unity in a projection for the future forces us to make other people’s needs our own and to bring efforts together to fight for the human condition that demands dignity as a guarantee of an authentic liberty.
