"Hope awakens courage. He who can implant courage in the human soul is the best physician."

“I AM A PERSON WHO THINKS ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE SPIRIT WHEN I WRITE. I THINK ABOUT WHAT CAN'T BE KNOWN AND ONLY IMAGINED. I OFTEN SENSE A SPIRIT OR FORCE OR MEANING BEYOND MYSELF. I LEAVE IT OPEN AS TO WHAT THE SPIRIT IS, BUT I CONTINUE TO MAKE GUESSES.”

“Ever since the Reformation, the case of legislation confining Catholics had been constructed primarily to protect a nervously Protestant against what was assumed to be a fifth column in its midst... Ministers believedm with some justice, that Catholics retained an attachment to their exiled co-religionists, the princes of the House of Stuart. After the Battle of Culloden had confirmed Jacobitism's insignificance, however, government attitudes towards Catholicism began perceptibly and logically to relax.”

“Parenthood brings profound pleasure and satisfactions--the unparalleled pleasure of caring so intensely for another human being, of watching growth, of reliving childhood, of seeing oneself in a new perspective, and of understanding more about life.”

Source : Ellen Galinsky (1987). “The Six Stages of Parenthood”, Da Capo Press

“The bloom fell off my branches and joy did cast off its flower”

“Canada is preparing to play a major role in the continued stability and security of Afghanistan through ISAF.”

“There is no such thing as a leap into literacy.”

“I simply cannot vote for Senator Obama because he's not pro-life.”

“Our adversity is never just for us, but to bless others around us.”

Source : O.J. Brigance, Peter Schrager (2013). “Strength of a Champion: Finding Faith and Fortitude Through Adversity”, p.119, Penguin