Apothegms and Observations LI

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  1. Nearly all things are almost infinitely deep.
  2. Extremism breeds counter-extremism.
  3. Why do we pursue what does not make for Joy?
  4. Bold but not rash. Wise but not passive. Gracious but not timid.
  5. It is not good to have never had someone dislike you.
  6. In order to love your enemies, you must first have enemies.
  7. A graceless prophet crushes the soul, and all secular prophets are graceless.
  8. There is no command to listen to all voices. There is only a command to listen to the voice of Wisdom.
  9. Do not tell me a new spiritual practice until I have mastered the ones I already know.
  10. The hero is the one who fixes problems.
  11. God is present even on the Tuesdays.
  12. What is Man’s wisdom when compared to the wisdom of God?
  13. How can we understand the face of our beloved, cold in the casket?
  14. The Gospel changes even the workplace.
  15. A true resilience knows sudden catastrophe.
  16. How much suffering must occur before an addiction is confessed?
  17. Truly, the Gospel is hardest for the wise and the powerful.
  18. Humanity doesn’t change, but humans do.
  19. Homestar Runner shows us how to do meta humor.
  20. Make it a practice to cancel debts.
  21. Process is helpful, but leadership is the soul of an organization.
  22. When everything you can do just isn’t enough, where do you go?
  23. Tell me, if you can, what is more heartbreaking than Alzheimer’s?
  24. I think that probably it is good to one day decide to be a grown-up.
  25. Do not neglect joke-telling.
  26. How cruel is guilt without atonement.
  27. No one who visits Honolulu can escape the feelings of a conservationist.
  28. Knowing something is wrong is not the same as going to the doctor. Going to the doctor is not the same as hearing the diagnosis. Hearing the diagnosis is not the same as receiving a prescription. And receiving a prescription is not the same as ingesting the prescribed medicine.
  29. Blessed is the man who enjoys repetition.
  30. Wickedness always lives in secrecy.
  31. What culture are you creating?
  32. Do not whisper to another how someone is weak until you have talked with that person first. The one who follows this hard saying will be wise, effective, and loved.
  33. Perfect is the man who can be angry without sin.
  34. When was the last time you have felt the faithful wounds of a friend’s words?
  35. Do not be gentler than God.

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