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For me, the term is "middle class"; means a safe, comfortable policy in the middle of the road. First of all, our language is “middle class”; in the middle of our road. To transfer it to one side or the other, or even from the road, is the noblest task of the future.

The processes I have described (taking place in America), on the one hand, and ideology, on the other hand, are in no way connected with each other, and this will not end well. And our task is not to invent something for ourselves and find ourselves in the same situation, but our task is to responsibly and accurately control the course of the historical process, and ideological statements must correspond to this. If we do this, we will maintain social cohesion, which is incredibly important. Remember the problem of the Soviet Union. For 20-30 years the party was talking about one thing, but the processes and the consciousness of people were about something completely different. Now this is the situation in America.

In the arsenal of theology, I was looking for a weapon for holy war; I was looking for means by which the Gospel idea of ​​salvation could triumph in the souls of those who had lost their strength and succumbed to temptation - and would return the lost, broken, sick to the right path ... Neither historical, nor systematic, nor practical theology, taken separately, did not correspond this much needed requirement. In all ages, the Church was to be illuminated with the spirit of Christian love; she was called to give people this love and make them instruments of divine love - but in fact, in her history, the trace of such efforts is almost negligible, despite the examples of many whom love has transformed, and many who dedicated their lives to deeds in her name. Endless disputes about dogmas - cruel, fanatical, filled with hatred, and the more powerful, the more petty, insignificant and further from the understanding of love was their subject; disputes about the forms of worship, which were given magical power; fear, striking to the shiver of any believer, when he understood that his own conscience tells him to depart from the church charter - and thereby deprive his soul of salvation; a fierce hatred of heretics, who, knowing the Bible and faith, willy-nilly rejected old beliefs and adherence to church dogma, even if they attributed such deviations to satanic tricks; questions of power, money and law, resolved in spite of the gospel - all of this, as I found out, was much more concerned than the task of translating divine and human love into life. In an effort to prove that they better understood and embodied the religion of love, some Christians smashed the heads of other Christians who also served Jesus and wanted to be His disciples; often entire nations were involved. People killed, robbed, raged more mercilessly than beasts of prey - in the name of the One who died on the cross out of love and by death bore witness to the message of love brought by Him. Of course, there are many testimonies of sincere love and true piety in church history. And yet, if the criterion announced by Jesus in the Gospel of John becomes the yardstick, it will be that according to which disciples are recognized by mutual love, and not by subtle differences in dogmas; if it becomes His main commandment about man's love for God, his neighbor and himself; if they are the words of the Apostle Paul, who put love above faith and hope (1 Cor. 13:13), then the history of the Christian religion is more like a monstrous misunderstanding or an abnormal deviation from true Christianity. Dogmatic theology and its history, with their ruthless adherence to irrational dogmas that have nothing to do with love, seemed to me to be a roundabout maneuver undertaken with one goal: to bypass the main point of Jesus' preaching and demands. I saw how the Gospel and the doctrines of the Church horrified people, for any doubt about them threatened to be burned at the stake and in hellish flames; I compared it to the careless contempt with which the love of Christ was trampled upon; and I considered it as straining a mosquito and swallowing a camel.

- Then help me determine if this milk can be drunk

Denying the positive benefits of criticism is like arguing that the police do not bring any positive benefits, since its main task is to prevent violence by some citizens against others so that everyone can calmly and fearlessly go about their business.

The mature personality will not transcend the ideals that have shaped it. Principles won't allow. The upbringing of such individuals and the development of professional qualities in them with their further involvement in areas where they will bring maximum benefit is the main task of every society.

Your task is to speak, and not be afraid that there will be an erudite in the audience who wants to enjoy your public shame and ignorance. Go ahead! You are an orator, which means that your task is to reach out to the hearts of listeners, and not to be a walking encyclopedia.

Know that ill-wishers will seize any opportunity to disrupt your performance and your task is not to give them such an opportunity.

The formats of performances that you do not like contain your fears and limitations. A speaker's job is to perform well in all conditions.

The task of the aspiring speaker is to learn to put on a positive facial expression before speaking.

People tend to think in cliches: a politician wears a suit, a biker prefers a leather jacket and jeans, and security officials wear a uniform. Your job as a speaker is to live up to these clichés. Then the audience will perceive you exactly the way you want it.

One of the main secrets of public speaking is that you don't have to speak in front of the audience. The audience wants a simple and sincere conversation, and the speaker's job is to give it to them.

Each person is endowed with a huge supply of creative powers, but for most people they doze unawakened. Awakening these forces is our most important task.

At first, it always seems that you will not cope with the task. I understood this by blessing my experience from the future. I know what to sit and regret everything.