"The gifts of grace increase as the sorrows increase."

“Modern Australian trade unionism and the unionist that I am doesn't rely on a class war view that somehow that the interests of employees and managers are in two separate spheres and they're irreconcilable. I believe that when people can go to work and be happy, satisfied, engaged, where the employer is getting employees who feel their interests are aligned with the employer, you get productivity. This is the future of Australian workplaces.”

Source : Source: www.abc.net.au

“A friend who understands your tears is much more valuable than a lot of friends who only know your smile.”

“We need to be kinder with one another, more gentle and forgiving. We need to be slower to anger and more prompt to help. We need to extend the hand of friendship and resist the hand of retribution. In short, we need to love one another with the pure love of Christ, with genuine charity and compassion and, if necessary, shared suffering, for that is the way God loves us.”

Source : Howard W. Hunter (1994). “That We Might Have Joy”, Shadow Mountain

“Funerals often make us want sex-it's one in the eye for death.”

“I think that to be a competitive athlete, you have to be goal-oriented.”

“I desire a person, not a gender.”

“Late night chaining of videos and basically obsessing are rare for me, and often I've never even seen the videos of my favourite songs. That said, in terms of my own personal magic, video has probably rated lower than most music fans.”

Source : "The Return of the Ultimate Music-Obsessive Comic, Phonogram". Interview with Tom Ewing, pitchfork.com. August 12, 2015.

“good is too often allied with vulnerability and evil with power.”