Seeing reality for what it is is what we call discernment. The work of discernment is very hard.

Any lazy or biased fool can have opinions; making judgments is the hard work of responsible and compassionate people.

When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we do not smother it. We look the evil full in the face, call it what it is, let its horror shock and stun and enrage us, and only then do we forgive it.

Forgiving is love's toughest work, and love's biggest risk.

Nobody sees reality whole; we all need others to show us the parts of it that they see better than we do. Nobody sees reality with total accuracy; we all need others to correct our own vision.

In a sinful world, no community can exist for long where nobody is ever held accountable: no teacher would grade a student's performance; no citizen would sit on a jury or call a failed leader to account.