Let's take an example. I believe that concerning any one particular thing anyone can become an expert in it, even if they were not initially interested in it. Becoming an expert is simple. It depends on how much one does it and with how much persistence one overcomes it and repeats it. Of course in doing so one's talent and intelligence does figure into the picture, but all that one has to do is give several times more effort than those who rely on their talents and intelligence. All you have to do is try several times harder.

In my days as a student, there was such a person among my schoolmates; he would memorize from morning until evening whatever was taught in school that day. He was a failing student in the beginning. However, when he was graduating, he earned the top score in the class. With persistence, he put in more effort than others.

Between an extraordinary genius who can remember things just by reading something once and a dull-headed person who has to read the whole day to remember something, the one that remembers the content longer is the one who has read the whole day to remember. The person who knows more in the end is the one who memorized everything from the beginning. When the students entered the graduating class, they all consulted with the person who used to memorize everything. That person rose to the position where he can represent the whole student body.

When we look at this, it is clear that you should not have the attitude that you cannot be a lecturer. You can become one. It depends on how much effort you put into it. The question is how hard you try. I heard from Dave here yesterday, "Old people do not have sharp minds, so they..." When I heard those words, I thought, "As the leader of workshops, he should not be thinking this way...." The question is whether or not they have tried with an eager heart. (72-329)

When you play piano... Although the striking forces of the five fingers are different, the basis is how to play it with the same strength. In order to do that, one needs to practice a lot. Keeping in mind that more force should be given on this finger and it should be lighter for that finger, you have to move them scientifically and automatically. Without clearly understanding the level of your practice and training, you cannot become a famous pianist.

You talk a lot, but when you talk, you do not have a certain standard. Do you have the mind-set, "I am speaking like this with a certain standard. These words are originated from here?" You just hear things and say things. Such people cannot rise above mediocrity. (67-214)

How much you have repeated the Principle lectures becomes the beginning point of your heart of faith and nurturing your character in all aspects. (66-310)

Have you ever thought, "In my life how many times would I lecture?" When you eat rice, the more you chew on it, the sweeter it becomes. If you chew like this, how can you tell if it is delicious or not? You will forget it after trying it once. Accordingly, you should have the mentality that you will repeat the same thing even hundreds of times. (66-308)

It is the same thing for the lectures. This is the reason that I have told you in headquarters that in order to lecture two hours you should make three times the effort. You have to prepare at least six hours. This is how we have been educating. Even if you have been lecturing for ten or twenty years, you should prepare everyday. Then, even if you do the same lecture for ten years, people will hear different things. The feeling would be different.

An expert is someone who has done something over and over again. An expert is someone who can sense the taste the quickest. (96-170)

When Mr. Kim comes out to lecture here, you should be able to tell whether or not he has prayed before coming out. You can tell whether he is doing it because he has no other choice or because he really cares for us. There is a manifest difference between doing it because I told him to and doing it voluntarily because he is genuinely interested in it.

You should be thinking, "If I were to speak before the audience, then I will try my best to sway and touch the hearts of everyone. If it were I, I would be stressing here and say moving words in this way, but he is doing it that way."

Even if one person is giving the lecture, the perspectives of the fifty people must all be different. They should be feeling different things. Do you study with such attitude? I think that you have not been able to do so. I think that you have not been doing that.

When some people pray, they hang the cross of Jesus on the wall and pray while sitting below it; but those whose prayer contents are the same yesterday and today are not people who are leading a religious life. Although one sees the same things everyday, when one can feel that they are different everyday, one can enter the mystical world of faith. This is the way that one can enter the world of faith and discover a new world, but if one sees that and..... This will just fade away as is.

Which one is it: when you repeat the same thing everyday is it exciting or not? While you are doing it, when you continue feeling that it is pleasing and tasty, you will grow as you feed on it. (66-109)