Darren Williams

“In the ancient Near East, men tried to link with “forces of life” through nature deities or magical incantations and rituals; in the Bible, on the other hand, life is discovered through a right relationship with God, and through God’s Word and wisdom.7”
― Marcia Montenegro, Spellbound: The Paranormal Seduction of Today's Kids

“Here is how this might happen. We all react judgmentally when a child or adult—or, indeed, a society—is acting improperly, unfairly, or badly. The error strikes us emotionally. We intuit that a pattern upon which individual and social adaptation depends has been disrupted and violated. We are annoyed, frustrated, hurt, or grief-stricken at the betrayal. This does not mean that each of us, reacting emotionally, has been successful at articulating a comprehensive philosophy of good and evil. We may never put our finger on what has gone wrong. However, like children unfamiliar with a new game but still able to play it, we know that the rules are being broken.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life

“There is great intrinsic pleasure in helping already competent and admirable young people become highly skilled, socially valuable, autonomous, responsible professionals. It is not unlike the pleasure taken in raising children, and it is one of the primary motivators of valid ambition.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life

“She writes that “Pride and self-hate go inseparably together; they are two expressions of the one process.”144 Horney suggests that neurosis develops when people are confronted with their anxieties about life and their own sense of inadequacy, yet instead of facing this fear head on, or building up self-confidence through real achievements or genuine character development, they enlist their imagination to produce a fantasy about themselves.”
― Michael A. Lockwood, The Unholy Trinity: Martin Luther Against the Idol of Me, Myself and I