The laughter of the world is merely loneliness pathetically trying to reassure itself.
Blessed is he who will not be offended
Education brightens a darkened world.
We are in bondage to that which overcomes us. See also 2 Peter 2:19.
The truth is that not yet usually means never. Trying to run away from the responsibility to decide about Christ is childish. Pilate sought to refuse responsibility for deciding about Christ, but Pilate's hands were never dirtier than just after he had washed them.
The enlarging of the soul requires not only some remodeling, but some excavating.