“Our relationships must align with our values and beliefs: It’s hard to grow with someone if you’re both growing in opposite directions.”

“Though it is often assumed that naturalism must be hostile to religion, the opposite is true. Enemies of religion think of it as an intellectual error, which humanity will eventually grow out of. It is hard to square this view with Darwinian science – why should religion be practically universal, if it has no evolutionary value?”

“If we value independence, if we are disturbed by the growing conformity of knowledge, of values, of attitudes, which our present system induces, then we may wish to set up conditions of learning which make for uniqueness, for self-direction, and for self-initiated learning.”

“Someone who says something like that must have eaten some seeds; and not those kinds of seeds we grow in our fields!
It might be helpful to put tinfoil in your hat!”

“Our policies must be premised on, and must reinforce, values such as family, hard work, integrity and personal responsibility.”

“When we jump to a conclusion before doing research, we tend to look for evidence that supports our beliefs and ignore facts that contradict them. This deprives us of the opportunity to grow our knowledge.”

“Maybe it was just part of growing up with someone. Once you have a rhythm and stay with it long enough, it's not hard to find again.”

“You must always possess self-belief and aim at working hard all the time. Our surroundings may force us to forfeit our dreams at times, but we must persevere.”

“The particular temptation of contemporary Christian communities is to tailor our beliefs so that they are socially respectable. Whether our beliefs are respectable or not varies from place to place and from time to time. Right now it happens that in Western society there is a growing awareness of the relevance of Christian commitment. But if this were not the case, it should be no less surely and no less arrogantly our commitment. We must not let our decision about Christian obedience be measured by what our neighbors would consider "socially responsible."”

“I had the heart of the relationship, and no body to grow it in… It broke.”