沉默并不总是缺席；有时它是最响亮的存在。

【原文】叶公问政。子曰：“近者说，远者来。”【译文】叶公问怎样为政。孔子说：“使近处的人民感到喜悦幸福，使远处的人民来投奔归附。”

"Theologians talk about a prevenient grace that precedes grace itself and allows us to accept it. I think there must also be a prevenient courage that allows us to be brave - that is, to acknowledge that there is more beauty than our eyes can bear, that precious things have been put into our hands and to do nothing to honor them is to do great harm."