“We can't avoid reasoning; we can only avoid doing it well.”

“There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them.But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there.”

“We don't really believe in mowing the lawn; we do it only to avoid unnecessary engagement with the neighbors.”

“We can try to avoid making choices by doing nothing, buy even that is a choice.”

“We bus to avoid integrating our housing, underscoring the fact that we continually ask our schools to do what we can't seem to do in other domains of our society.”

“Everything will happen as was written by the Lord," replied the prophet. "There are moments when tribulations occur in our lives, and we cannot avoid them. But they are there for some reason.""What reason?""That is a question we cannot answer before, or even during the trials. Only when we have overcome them do we understand why they were there.”