"May all your expectations be frustrated, may all your plans be thwarted, may all your desires be withered into nothingness, that you may experience the paralysis and poverty of a child, and sing and dance in the compassion of God who is Father, Son and Spirit.

Amen." 

-- Brennan Manning

"In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe."

-- Carl Sagan

“If you're going through hell, keep going.”

-- Winston Churchill

"I come in peace. I didn't bring artillery. But I'm pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you fuck with me, I'll kill you all."

-- Marine General James Mattis, to Iraqi tribal leaders