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“You have no desire to actually walk on the earth?” Kudda shrugged. “We live on the road to heaven; all the work that we do is to extend it further. When we leave the tower, we will take the upward ramp, not the downward.”
Their righteousness could not save them from the consequences of their deeds.
To me, these people seem like children on a playground; I’m amused by their earnestness, and embarassed to remember myself doing those same things.
If a man’s wife were suddenly afflicted with mental illness, it would be a sin for him to leave her, but a forgivable one.
Was it actually possible to know the future? Not simply to guess at it; was it possible to know what was going to happen, with absolute certainty and in specific detail?
The assassin chuckled. “Men are no different from your automata; slip a bloke a piece of paper with the proper figures on it, and he’ll do your bidding.”
what is the role of human scientists in an age when the frontiers of scientific inquiry have moved beyond the comprehension of humans?
telling those with disabilities that they had the strength God required of them.
it wasn’t God’s intention that everyone be subjected to the same kind of trial, but only that each person face his or her own trial, whatever it might be. The difficulty of any trial was subjective, and there was no way to compare two individuals’ experiences. And just as those whose suffering seemed greater than his should have compassion for him, so should he have compassion for those whose suffering seemed less.
their love for God was based in their satisfaction with the status quo.
Sometimes even bad advice can point a man in the right direction.
If you want to fight discrimination, keep your eyes open.
