One of the greatest fruits of obedience is bold confidence in prayer.
Once you reject evidence as a source of knowledge, you don't gotta believe nothin' you don't like.
We have tendency to define ourselves in opposition to stuff. But try to also express your passion for things you love. Be demonstrative and generous in your praise of those you admire. Send thank-you cards and give standing ovations. Be pro-stuff, not just anti-stuff.
To dream of the person you would like to be is to waste the person you are.
Science adjusts its views based on what's observed Faith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved.
Respect people with less power then you. I don’t care if you’re the most powerful cat in the room, I will judge you on how you treat the least powerful. So there.
A famous bon mot asserts that opinions are like arse-holes, in that everyone has one. There is great wisdom in this. . . but I would add that opinions differ significantly from arse-holes, in that yours should be constantly and thoroughly examined. We must think critically, and not just about the ideas of others. Be hard on your beliefs. Take them out onto the verandah and beat them with a cricket bat. . . . Be intellectually rigorous. Identify your biases, your prejudices, your privilege.
. . . I am much better now at ambiguities.
I want to thank my mother and my father for teaching me to have a dream. You are seeing my dream come true.
For the first time ever we are capable of removing abject poverty, illiteracy and the diseases of poverty from the human condition. The current intensification of global economic integration has demonstrated that there is enough knowledge, technology and capital to bring development to all the people of the world.
Make foes of bowmen if you must, Never of penmen.