“When someone steals a person’s clothes, we call them 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;
the coat hanging unused in your closet belongs to those who need it;
the shoes rotting in your closet to the one who has no shoes.
The money which you hoard up belongs to the poor.”
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;
the coat hanging unused in your closet belongs to those who need it;
the shoes rotting in your closet to the one who has no shoes.
The money which you hoard up belongs to the poor.”
-Basil of Caesarea