Steve Pei

“To change the world, we need an “I have a dream” speech, not an “I have a complaint” speech.”
― Miroslav Volf, For the Life of the World (Theology for the Life of the World): Theology That Makes a Difference

“超市排隊結帳，服務生多嘴問老太太外套哪裡買的。話一拋出，後續便無法收拾，美國老太太多麼渴望有人跟自己說話啊。相信我，剛到美國若想找人練英文，到超市隨便找個老太太讚賞她的外套，就會知道她們有多寂寞。老太太回答外套是欣蒂送的，那年聖誕節blah blah blah……話多又不能一心二用的店員，碰上話更多又寂寞到不行的老太太，後方排隊人龍都快結蜘蛛網了，還得陪聽欣蒂的故事。當然，全世界沒人知道欣蒂是誰。”
― 鱸魚, 我失敗的美式生活：鱸魚的三十年日常觀察與非典型剖析

“Creeping meaninglessness is a private cost of making the nature of the flourishing life a mere matter of taste.”
― Miroslav Volf, For the Life of the World (Theology for the Life of the World): Theology That Makes a Difference

“magic and applied science alike the problem is how to subdue reality to the wishes of men: the solution is a technique; and both, in the practice of this technique,”
― C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man