Now I understand the exchange of silence for the comfort of others as oppression;
“Productivity is 1) Defining clearly what you want to do, 2) Setting aside the (right) time and place to do it, and 3) Executing well within the designated time. The consistent practice of these three things we can define as finding your Uptime.”
― Uptime: A Practical Guide to Personal Productivity and Wellbeing
― Uptime: A Practical Guide to Personal Productivity and Wellbeing
“that seeing him as only Korean—good or bad—was the same as seeing him only as a bad Korean.”
― Pachinko
― Pachinko
“There’s always more than one road to get you where you want to go, you just have to choose a way and only after you’ve chosen that way will God open another way, and then you choose again, and it just goes on and on, so stop worrying, pastor, and just choose and just trust and just keep your eyes open.”
― Life after God: Finding Faith When You Can't Believe Anymore
― Life after God: Finding Faith When You Can't Believe Anymore
“Remember that. Your own story is just one, and perhaps not the important one. The self is not the principal thing.”
― Warlight
― Warlight
“Kafka calls it the Indestructible—the thing at the bottom of each individual that keeps going whether they feel like going or not. The Indestructible is a place that has nothing to do with optimism—”
― Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
― Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
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