“The Amish are islands of sanity in a whirlpool of change.”

“I didn’t really get to experience much where I come from.”“Ohhh….so you’re Amish. Is this like your Rumspringa?” I giggled.“Something like that.” “So you are Amish?”Joel laughed. “No, I’m not Amish.”

“Aren't the Amish against violence?Yes, but you see, I'm not very good at being Amish...so remember what I say.”

“They (Amish) don't take no for an answer.”

“The problem of brute sanity was identified by George Bernard Shaw when he observed that ‘reformers have the idea that change can be achieved by brute sanity’ … Brute sanity is the tendency to overlook the complexity and detailed processes and procedures required, in favour of the more obvious matters of stressing goals, the importance of the problem and the grand plan. Brute sanity overpromises, overrationalises and consequently results in unfulfilled dreams and frustrations which discourage people from sustaining their efforts and from taking on future change projects.”

“...believing in the magic of life, the power of hope, the cosmic sanity of chance and change, and the unmistakable power of love.”