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“There were two ways to read the Old Testament. For those who lacked spiritual insight, it was read as a list of rules, with the shallow, superficial idea that all God wanted was compliance. Obey the rules, and you were acceptable to God. However, for those who were spiritually mature and had the insight to know better, the Hebrew Scriptures were more than just a list of rules to be obeyed, they were a reservoir of divine wisdom that could enlighten the heart and mind, opening one’s eyes so he could see what constituted a life of wisdom.”
― Glenn Rogers, 21st Century Ethics : An Introduction to Moral Philosophy

“Justice, then, must function at both levels: personal and communal. It must flow in both directions: from one individual to another and from the community as a whole to each individual.”
― Glenn Rogers, 21st Century Ethics : An Introduction to Moral Philosophy

“And it is not our part here to take thought only for a season, or for a few lives of Men, or for a passing age of the world. We should seek a final end of this menace, even if we do not hope to make one.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings