“Yeah, about the test...The test will measure whether you are an informed, engaged, and productive citizen of the world, and it will take place in schools and bars and hospitals and dorm rooms and in places of worship. You will be tested on first dates, in job interviews, while watching football, and while scrolling through your Twitter feed. The test will judge your ability to think about things other than celebrity marriages, whether you’ll be easily persuaded by empty political rhetoric, and whether you’ll be able to place your life and your community in a broader context. The test will last your entire life, and it will be comprised of the millions of decisions that, when taken together, will make your life yours. And everything, everything, will be on it....I know, right?”
“Everything you declare with your lips will be tested in your life.”
“The test of whether or not you can hold a job should not be in the arrangement of your chromosomes”
“This is the test as to your being a true child of God - whether you love and feed upon the Word of God.”
“Here is a test to find out whether your mission in life is complete. If you’re alive, it isn’t.”
“When I asked you if you wanted to, I was not testing your courage. I was testing your wisdom.”