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“But human beings naturally love expressing their opinions more than they want to understand other people. We always talk too much and listen too little, which is why the world is so noisy. Only when we understand this will we finally see progress in the world. That’s when humanity will be ready to use the internet as a tool.”
― Second Sister
― Second Sister
“An identity built on something that cannot survive a change in circumstances is an identity that will not stand the test of time. When we hit a hard season, it will fail us.”
― Tired of Trying: How to Hold On to God When You're Frustrated, Fed Up, and Feeling Forgotten
― Tired of Trying: How to Hold On to God When You're Frustrated, Fed Up, and Feeling Forgotten
“The problem here wasn’t the internet, even though that’s how the news spread, nor was it the websites that were used, but the stupidity of the human mind. In seeking the truth, we choose to believe unreliable sources, and we spread these untruths in the name of ‘sharing,’ creating a disaster that’s hard to undo.”
― Second Sister
― Second Sister
“God knows we don’t understand, but He never stops loving us, even when we can’t hear Him or we choose not to believe Him. Our ability to receive the love of God is not a prerequisite for Him loving us. When we are brave enough to be still, God breaks through our self-protective walls and speaks truth into our disappointment with Him. His whispers are tender and faithful.”
― Tired of Trying: How to Hold On to God When You're Frustrated, Fed Up, and Feeling Forgotten
― Tired of Trying: How to Hold On to God When You're Frustrated, Fed Up, and Feeling Forgotten
“Isn't this the very glue that holds the human world together? Isn't this why we need other people, to give us the pleasure of knowing we are better than they are? Amazingly, even those who seem to be the worst-off take, in their humiliation, a perverse satisfaction in the fact that no one has it worse than they do. Thus they have still, in some sense, won.
Where does this all come from? Asher wonders. Can man not be repaired? If he were a machine, as some now argue, it would suffice to adjust one little lever slightly, or to tighten some small screw, and people would start to take pleasure in treating one another as equals. ”
― The Books of Jacob
Where does this all come from? Asher wonders. Can man not be repaired? If he were a machine, as some now argue, it would suffice to adjust one little lever slightly, or to tighten some small screw, and people would start to take pleasure in treating one another as equals. ”
― The Books of Jacob
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