“She loved people's accents here---she always had. The way everybody managed to say the word y'all in the middle of pronouncing Charleston. Slow as the pace of the river but refined as British tea.”
Source: Paint and Nectar
“When one says, I won't judge you for that, what they're really saying is, I am judging you for that. Think about it. If you walk into my house and I tell you, "I won't judge you for wearing those pants," what am I really saying?”
Source: Single Dad Laughing: The Best of Year One
“I know whether of not your statement is true, and you know that I know whether or not it is true, because it is about me. But do you know that your statement is true? This is what I mean by passing judgment.”
Source: The Man Who Quit Money
“But that man is slow to pass judgment who bears in mind, that he is an individual, and that the final and highest responsibility for the judgement rests solely upon him.”
Source: Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing: Spiritual Preparation for the Office of Confession
“The most pressing environmental problem we face today is not climate change. Rather it is pollution in the public square, where a smog of adversarial rhetoric, propaganda and polarization stifles discussion and debate, creating resistance to change and thwarting our ability to solve our collective problems.”
Source: I'm Right and You're an Idiot - 2nd Edition: The Toxic State of Public Discourse and How to Clean it Up
“The upsides of migration have become easy to talk about: to simply nod to them is to express values of openness, tolerance and broad-mindedness. Yet to nod to, let alone express, the downsides of immigration is to invite accusations of closed-mindedness and intolerance, xenophobia and barely disguised racism. All of which leaves the attitude of the majority of the public almost impossible to express.”
Source: The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam
“Many hesitate to even start an open discussion that could awaken the people, knowing they must be prepared to face online trolls who constantly post counterarguments against what is right. They must also confront the mediocrity of public discourse, where individuals who have been conditioned to justify what is not right argue blindly for their political idols.”
Source: Bansang Pinipilas
“I like to travel because that is what my Dad thought me. Even though he's not here anymore, he's always with me when I travel.”
“Does the perfect path seek the perfect traveller? Or does the perfect path prefer an imperfect traveller, to elevate him to perfection?”
“You are made up of the results of many decisions. If you don’t change anything, you will have the same results. The applications of the concept of interconnectedness are so vast and powerful that you can alter your destiny by making the right decisions, even if they are painful.”
Source: MDP Ashram: Bringer of ARSE