did everything I could in my life to be immune to hatred, because hatred is a cancer.

The Biblical text does not have punctuation marks like periods and question marks. Where we end sentences is a matter of interpretation.

I remember one day I came home and shouted to my grandmother, "Grandma, Sarah is pregnant!" Poor Sarah! For weeks before I had read how difficult it was for her to get pregnant. "Grandma! I have news for you!" "What did you learn?" "I have news, Grandma: Sarah is pregnant!" [Genesis 16 - 21].

Remember also that it is not knowledge but the yearning for knowledge that makes for a complete, accomplished man. Such a man does not stand still but perseveres in the face of adversity, nor does he remain untouched by the pain cause by absence. On the contrary, he recognizes himself in each cry, uttered or repressed, in the smallest rift, in the most pressing need.

I think [teacher] is the noblest profession.

Words can be turned into spears. They can be turned into prayers. It's a strange world that you are in. But you deal with words.

Personally, as a student who loves words, who loves texts, I am concerned with finding something in the text from within.