Snippets of Bernanke's graduation address

"If you think that the bad or indifferent results that too often come out of Washington are due to base motives and bad intentions, you are giving politicians and policymakers way too much credit for being effective." (Hahaha)

"...Honest error in the face of complex and possibly intractable problems is a far more important source of bad results than are bad motives. For these reasons, the greatest forces in Washington are ideas, and people prepared to act on those ideas. Public service isn't easy. But, in the end, if you are inclined in that direction, it is a worthy and challenging pursuit. "

~ Ben Bernanke

Source: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/06/ben-bernanke-to-princeton-grads-the-world-isnt-fair-and-you-all-got-lucky/276471/ 

Truth and comfort

"If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort, you will not get either comfort or truth, only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair."
~ C S Lewis, Mere Christianity

ACJC's values, as imprinted on my mind, are:
Integrity,
Tenacity,
Passion,
In the Pursuit of Truth.

I did not understand the significance of the fourth value at the time.
And I remember asking my teachers about it, only to receive a dissatisfying answer.

Nevertheless, I am thankful that God led me through depths of despair, and to His peace, which transcends all understanding, and guards my heart and mind in Christ Jesus.