“Our failure to hear His voice when we want to is due to the fact that we do not in general want to hear it, that we want it only when we think we need it.”

“There are times we don't want to hear about the need to temper our best hopes in order to achieve our most vital security. But we still need to do it. Before we can triumph, we must survive. Before liberty can prevail, the possibility of liberty must be preserved.”

“We may not get what we want, when we want. But with a bit of perseverance and a lot of patience, we can get what we need.”

“When we want to do something while unconsciously certain to fail, we seek advice so we can blame someone else for the failure.”

“We hear warmongering every day, every day we hear threats and attempts to scare us… We don’t want war and never wanted, but at that time [i. e. during Nagorno-Karabakh war] we had to defend our Motherland. If the time comes again, this time our blow will be final and deadly.”

“Why would we write if we’d already heard what we wanted to hear?”

“When God talks to humans he doesn’t want humans to hear his voice.”

“Manipulation is what we do when we feel we cannot meet our needs directly, so instead we try to meet them in round about ways. We try to influence others to do what we want them to do so our needs are met. This is particularly prevalent today when the need that is not met is emotional.”

“Women don't want to hear what you think. Women want to hear what they think - in a deeper voice.”

“The news lies all the time. They tell us what they think we would want to hear.”