Jason Evert Quotes

“The body itself is pure. It is very good, but often a person's intentions are not. Therefore, the problem with immodesty is not that it reveals too much, but that it obscures the value of the person. Modesty, then, is not about hiding one's body but about revealing one's worth. It is an invitation to contemplation. It conceals certain parts of the body not because they are bad, but in order to invite others to discover one's full value as a person, thus opening a way toward love.”
― Jason Evert, Saint John Paul the Great: His Five Loves

“Because of this, the original couple would have looked at each other with the 'peace of the interior gaze.' Women, in particular, perceive when they are being viewed merely as an object for another person's gratification. When a woman senses lust in the heart of a man, she feels a restless vulnerability and even resentment. One expert on the female brain noted that a woman's sexual pleasure is greatest 'only if the amygdala - the fear and anxiety center of the brain - has been deactivated.”
― Jason Evert, Theology of the Body In One Hour