Ashton

“My father would say to me, ‘Any organization which works for peace, I will join. If you want to resolve a dispute or come out from conflict, the very first thing is to speak the truth. If you have a headache and tell the doctor you have a stomach ache, how can the doctor help? You must speak the truth. The truth will abolish fear.”
― Malala Yousafzai, I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

“In work which is creative, human nature most nearly approaches its Creator. Building a house, typing a business letter, helping in the manufacture of well-designed and well-constructed objects for good purposes, teaching and healing and settling disputes and repairing machines are all creative functions when, through these activities, we participate in the processes which create and sustain societies and persons.”
― Dorothy L. Sayers, Are Women Human? Penetrating, Sensible and Witty Essays on the Role of Women in Society

“Others must own their skepticism and I my trust, both of which arise out of deeply held convictions about the nature of reality.”
― Esau McCaulley, Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope

“But cynicism, while funny and self-protecting, is very easy. Finding trust, sustaining hope - that’s the real art form.”
― Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love