Curt Matzenbacher

“It’s called e-lec-tricity,” he said. “Have you heard of it?”
― Jeanne DuPrau, The Diamond of Darkhold

“People do not learn empathy by being shamed and dehumanized. On the contrary, developing empathy has a lot to do with a healthy sense of self-worth. So while we may feel an impulse to want to punish and hurt those who have hurt us, this does not mend the hurt, it simply perpetuates it. In other words, punishment and shame are not the solution, they are a part of the problem. Punitive justice does not make things better, it makes them worse. As”
― Derek Flood, Healing the Gospel: A Radical Vision for Grace, Justice, and the Cross

“the light from the sun could be caught and stored for the use of human beings.”
― Jeanne DuPrau, The Diamond of Darkhold

“Our starting place was always original goodness,10 not original sin. This”
― Richard Rohr, The Divine Dance: The Trinity and Your Transformation