The problem with elections is that anybody who wants an office badly enough to run for it probably shouldnโt have it. And anybody who does not want an office badly enough to run for it probably shouldnโt have it, either. Government office should be received like a childโs Christmas present, with surprise and delight. Instead it is usually received like a diploma, an anticlimax that never seems worth the struggle to earn it.
Orson Scott CardI have never resisted the lord in my life, and I never will. But I'm not so hungry for dialogue with him that I have to make up his part as well as my own.
Orson Scott CardHo said, 'I do not grieve because my feet have been cut off. I grieve because a precious jewel is dubbed a mere stone, and a man of integrity is called a deceiver. This is why I weep.'
Orson Scott CardI'm putting you in Dink Meeker's toon. From now on, as far as you're concerned, Dink Meeker is God." "Then who are you?" "The personnel officer who hired God.
Orson Scott CardIf a pig goes upon the threshing-floor, or a field, or a garden, and the owner of the meadow, or the field, or the garden smites it so that it die, he shall give it back to its owner; but if he does not give it back, he becomes a thief.
Orson Scott CardSo let me tell you what I think about gods. I think a real god is not going to be so scared or angry that he tries to keep other people downโฆA real god doesnโt care about control. A real god already has control of everything that needs controlling. Real gods would want to teach you how to be just like them.
Orson Scott Card