The Moffat translation of Paul’s great epistle on charity (see Corinthians chapter 13) gives us useful and relevant renderings; “Love is never glad when others go wrong.” “Love makes no parade.” We too should learn how to give “a soft answer [that] turneth away wrath” (Proverbs 15:1). Such a response from us may make a vital difference in another person’s capacity to endure his or her situation well. Since we are only in competition with ourselves, why should we be “glad when others go wrong? ~ Neal A. Maxwell (If Thou Endure it Well, p.42.)
Some of us will have to be most courageous, not when we’re alone but when we’re in a crowd. Whatever the form the test takes, we must be willing to pass it. We must reach breaking points without breaking. We must be willing, if necessary, to give up our lives—not because we have a disdain for life as some do, but even though we love life—because we are servants of Him who did that in such and infinite way for all of us. ~ Neal A. Maxwell (But for a Small Moment,” p. 457) (& The Neal A. Maxwell Quote Book, p. 101-02)
