Apothegms and Observations LIV

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  1. Those who have empathy only for those who have empathy do not know that they are lost.
  2. It is better to create something good than it is to tear down something bad. It is also more difficult.
  3. Most glory is hidden glory.
  4. The life of faith is incomprehensible to the faithless.
  5. Be careful when hearing conflicting reports. If possible, speak directly to the relevant parties.
  6. There are times that it is sin to keep a promise of secrecy.
  7. “I was wrong. I’m sorry.” These are words of life.
  8. Tragedy is when it could have been different—when it didn’t have to be that way.
  9. Too much context and no decisions are made.
  10. Sometimes you just need to take a walk.
  11. I simply don’t have time for worthless words.
  12. The only laws mankind will never break are the laws of physics.
  13. Cancel culture quickly radicalizes because it is a form of fundamentalism. Only the Gospel can balance purity and unity.
  14. Not everyone ends up prospering in life.
  15. Flee from the infinite swirling carnival of pleasurable nothingness.
  16. My deepest fear is missing the point.
  17. Is Jesus truly and thoroughly against technofuturism?
  18. Truly, “No man is a failure who has friends.“
  19. There are many, many fates worse than death.
  20. A doctrinal position might not seem relevant, until all of a sudden life makes it critically important.
  21. The more you think you know how the world works, the harder it is to believe in Jesus.
  22. No power is gained without sacrifice.
  23. While it is evil to feel a sense of satisfaction from the public humiliation of another, it is right to feel a sense of satisfaction from a tyrant being thrown down. He who feels the latter without feeling the former has a soul of profound greatness.
  24. Rare is the institution that needs abolishing rather than reform.
  25. Charisma is a curious thing.
  26. How are you working to break out of your echo chamber?
  27. There are times that I feel that no one believes in anything anymore. But it is not so.
  28. The most important job of a leader of an organization is the protection of its culture. This remains true even of politicians.
  29. Fools scoff at a frightening possibility, but the wise know that it could be so.

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