I don’t think we can solve the outside problems until we solve the ones within.
Interpretation
Inner issues must be addressed before tackling external challenges.
This quote emphasizes the importance of introspection and self-awareness in achieving personal and societal change. It suggests that the barriers we face in the external world are often reflections of unresolved internal conflicts, highlighting the interconnectedness of personal growth and broader problem-solving.
In practice
During a team meeting to discuss community issues, use this quote to encourage team members to focus on their personal challenges.
Darkness cannot cast out darkness. You need a light for that. Fear cannot cast out fear. You're gonna need hope for that death warrants more death. But I believe life wants more life and I'm convinced that the greatest weapon we've got is LOVE! And maybe, in a world full of fighters, in a world imploding with hate, maybe to be a lover, you gotta be a fighter. Maybe that's the biggest fight, the only fight worth fighting, the fight you're gonna be in for the rest of your life.
I yearn to live and love and burn, and yet so much of my time is spent faking and forgetting, faking and forgetting I carry out my disbelief with uninspired hands, my eyes shut, my emotions dulled, my spirit numb. In times like these I am in desperate need of truth to come to me like a blinding light, like a splinter in my soul, reminding me of the brevity of my time here on earth.
When men search for God with their bodily eyes they find Him nowhere, for He is invisible. But for those who ponder in the Spirit He is present everywhere. He is in all, yet beyond all.
The Kingdom is to be in the midst of your enemies
Heaven is always and forever around us and no soul remembered is ever really gone.
We raise our voices in holy gladness to celebrate the victory of the risen Christ over the terrible forces of death.
The game is just one long conversation, and I'm anticipating that, and I will say things like 'Did you know that?' or 'You're probably wondering why.' I'm really just conversing rather than just doing play-by-play. I never thought of myself as having a style. I don't use key words. And the best thing I do? I shut up.
I think there's a large worry in queer communities about imitating straight people, when queerness has its own identity and maybe can be a radical force that should be dismantling stuff that locks people into structures.
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