- We cannot persuade the dissent if we do not listen.
- The redemption of Prince Zuko pierces my bones with a joy that utters aching tears, overwhelmed to my knees with deepest meaning and power and beauty. It is the story of God’s people.
- Listening comes before speaking. But speaking comes after listening.
- Existentialism is a humanism, yes. It is humanism’s mysticism.
- There is no battleground that is vicious like the academic battleground.
- The reason for tolerance is twofold. It is intellectual humility and a love of peace.
- The downtrodden are made strong through the love of the strong.
- Hope … hope, the one that reminds us of the eternal light.
- It is good to pray the dangerous prayer: “Father, awaken me to the needs of the world.”
- Christian music is incomplete without artists like War of Ages.
- If an ideology does not allow men to live in peace, it should not and cannot succeed.
- The world is people and people are fluid! Build a rock!
- The world is people and people are fluid! Influence it!
- As population grows, thorough virtue and truthfulness become more difficult.
- Confucius understood how people in government must be. The Founding Fathers understood how a system of government must be.
- This is a difficult challenge: our spiritualism must consider the discoveries of neuroscience.
- If we cannot listen to the other side, how can we love them?
- Intelligence is overrated in many ways.
- Those who do not care what anyone thinks of them are fools.
- The place that cannot forgive, I do not wish to visit.
- What protects a community? Forgiveness.
- The place that does not laugh, I do not enjoy visiting.
- To my generation, empathy is the greatest virtue.
- In darkness, the Liar likes to whisper, “Life will always be bleak.” But it is not so.
- A man without understanding does not realize that he only understands himself.
- The passing laughter of a child can break a man free from the most anxious of contemplations.
- Pouring from the teapot into the cup holds a distinct pleasure.
- Digging your hands into earth holds a distinct pleasure.
- Clementine’s wisdom deserves remembrance: “I dream, I smile. I walk, I cry.”
- Speaking follows listening, and listening follows speaking.
Thoughts of a Novice 