“Discipline is aimed at formation for a specific end, and that end is determined by our founding narrative.”

“While formally or structurally speaking, there are mechanisms of discipline operative in both the convent and the prison, in both the factory and the monastery, more specifically these disciplines and practices are aimed at very different ends. And here we must make an important distinction: we can distinguish good discipline from bad discipline by its telos, its goal or end. So the difference between the disciplines that form us into disciples of Christ and the disciplines of contemporary culture that produce consumers is precisely the goal they are aiming at. Discipline and formation are good insofar as they are directed toward the end, or telos, that is proper to human beings: to glorify God and enjoy him forever.”

“But that’s the trouble with moments—they end." ~Narrator”

“...the process of truly learning is laborious, monotonous, and at times down right bitter and boring. Therefore, obtaining a truly higher education will require of you a determined mind and a will to stick and stay. In short, it will take discipline. But in the end, it will be worth it all.”

“But the nature of the universe is such that the ends never justify the means. On the contrary, the means always determine the end.”

“The end cannot justify the means, for the simple and obvious reason that the means employed determine the nature of the ends produced.”