Monday, August 22, 2011

"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

Saturday, August 20, 2011

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

-- Carl Sagan

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

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

-- Winston Churchill

Sunday, August 07, 2011

"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