Rather, the goal is to become the kind of…
Rather, the goal is to become the kind of person whose agency can be trusted, who can be counted on to act well.
— from True North (Ethics, Integrity, Truth, Values) · Life Worth Living: a Guide to What Mattesr Most by Miroslav Volf, Matthew Croasmun, and Ry
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In the end, you decide, which means you own every choice. The highest aim is simply this: to become the kind of person whose word and judgment can be trusted — and, in the older language, to resemble the divine, who is kind and compassionate, by being kind and compassionate ourselves, because a person resembles his Maker through his actions. The tradition treats that not as a lovely ideal but as a binding obligation: just as He is compassionate, so must we be. — True North (Ethics, Integrity, Truth, Values)