But I think that because they trusted themselves and respected themselves as individuals, because they knew beyond doubt that they were valuable and potentially moral units -- because of this they could give God their own courage and dignity and then receive it back. Such things have disappeared perhaps because men do not trust themselves anymore, and when that happens there is nothing left except perhaps to find some strong sure man, even though he may be wrong, and to dangle from his coattails.
John SteinbeckThen it is better, sir, to love whom one cannot have?" "Probably better," Lancelot said. "Certainly safer.
John SteinbeckBut the Hebrew word, the word timshelโโThou mayestโโ that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a man. For if โThou mayestโโit is also true that โThou mayest not.
John Steinbeck