Raising or caring for children requires sacrifice and service, which, I believe, heals us from the destructive forces of self-centeredness. Richard Paul Evans
As I read more and I got into philosophy and met a lot of friends who weren't Christians, it became difficult for me to sustain the belief structure in the supernatural. Daniel Everett
I joined a organisation called Wycliffe Bible Translators that had the objective of translating the Bible into all the languages of the world, and to do that you had to study linguistics, and so that was my initial exposure to linguistics. Daniel Everett
Language is possible due to a number of cognitive and physical characteristics that are unique to humans but none of which that are unique to language. Coming together they make language possible. But the fundamental building block of language is community.Daniel Everett
It's wrong to try and convert tribal societies. What should the empirical evidence for religion be? It should produce peaceful, strong, secure people who are right with God and right with the world. I don't see that evidence very often. Daniel Everett
Humans are a social species more than any other, and in order to build a community, which for some reason humans have to do in order to live, we have to solve the communication problem. Language is the tool that was invented to solve that problem. Daniel Everett
There are very few places in the world where you have to learn a language with no language in common. It's called a monolingual field situation. Daniel Everett
One of the saddest things I've seen in Amazonian cultures is people who were self-sufficient and happy that now think of themselves as poor and become dissatisfied with their lives. What worries me is outsiders trying to impose their values and materialism on the Piraha. Daniel Everett
I was quite a successful evangelist. I've had people write to me and say, 'Gee, I'm a Christian because of you and I hear you're not a Christian, that's shocking to me.' I don't take these things lightly, but that's who I am. I can't change it. Daniel Everett
Christians who believe in the Bible believe that it is their job to bring others the joy of salvation. Even if they're murdered, beaten to death, imprisoned - that's what you do for God. Daniel Everett
I wanted as little formal linguistic theory as I could get by with. I wanted the basic linguistic training to do a translation of the New Testament. Daniel Everett
Faith is not trying to believe something regardless of the evidence. Faith is daring to do something regardless of the consequences. Sherwood Eddy
I cannot always write at the same time, in the same place. I work, travel and have a vigorous family life. If I'm stranded in an airport lobby - I write. If I have to wait in a doctor's office - I write. If I have a morning or evening to myself - I write. Carmen Agra Deedy
Listening to others does not mean you should sound like them; find your own voice by telling stories as authentically as possible. Carmen Agra Deedy
There are constant cycles in history. There is loss, but it is always followed by regeneration. The tales of our elders who remember such cycles are very important to us now. Carmen Agra Deedy
You're more likely to finish a book you enjoy, than one that feels like literary drudgery. Carmen Agra Deedy
Read, read, read. Read good books. You will strengthen your understanding of story. Your vocabulary will be the richer for it. Carmen Agra Deedy