A young man is not a proper hearer of lectures on political science; for he is inexperienced in the actions that occur in life, but its discus...
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All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.
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James 1:25:
But those who look intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continue in it – not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it – they will be blessed in what they do.
(NIV)
But he who looks carefully into the faultless law, the [law] of liberty, and is faithful to it and perseveres in looking into it, being not a heedless listener who forgets but an active doer [who obeys], he shall be blessed in his doing (his life of obedience).
(AMP)
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
(KJV)
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Every revolutionary idea - in science, politics, art, or whatever - evokes three stages of reaction in a hearer: 1.It is completely impossible - don't waste my time. 2.It is possible, but it is not worth doing. 3. I said it was a good idea all along.
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