36 Quotes by John Rogers

There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."[Kung Fu Monkey -- Ephemera, blog post, March 19, 2009]

Weak faith is true faith – as precious, though not so great as strong faith: the same Holy Ghost the author, the same Gospel the instrument… For it is not the strength of our faith that saves, but the truth of our faith - not the weakness of our faith that condemns, but the want – of faith.

Weak faith is true faith – as precious, though not so great as strong faith: the same Holy Ghost the author, the same Gospel the instrument… For it is not the strength of our faith that saves, but the truth of our faith – not the weakness of our faith that condemns, but the want – of faith. Rogers, John. The Doctrine of Faith.

The purpose of this pamphlet is to explain how local currencies work. Alone they cannot solve all the multiple financial, social and environmental crises we face, but they are an increasingly important part of the answer.

You can’t think yourself out of a writing block; you have to write yourself out of a thinking block.

The plea agreement was extensive and is clear. Mr. Rasch and I discussed it thoroughly, and it's my understanding that he had a clear understanding of the contents of the agreement.

What we rely on a great deal is the person's demonstrated behaviors over time, based on people who know them and have worked with them.

We want to reuse and recycle as much as we can. We're diverting as much as we can from the landfill because we don't want to create problems down the line.

We were bothered by the staff time taken up by being in the landlord business. Some of (our) resources we were having to expend on ourselves to stay in the landlord business; ... it's a good thing for everybody.