"Friendship is an opportunity to act on God's behalf in the lives of the people that we're close to, reminding each other who God is."

“There is no need to sally forth, for it remains true that those things which make us human are, curiously enough, always close at hand. Resolve, then, that on this very ground, with small flags waving and tiny blasts on tiny trumpets, we shall meet the enemy, and not only may he be ours, he may be us.”

Source : Walt Kelly (1974). “Pogo revisited: containing the complete volumes of The Pogo poop book, Instant Pogo [and] The Jack Acid Society black book”, Simon & Schuster

“All Americans believe that they are born fishermen. For a man to admit a distaste for fishing would be like denouncing mother-love or hating moonlight.”

“If one wishes to form a true estimate of the full grandeur of religion, one must keep in mind what it undertakes to do for men. It gives them information about the source and origin of the universe, it assures them of protection and final happiness, and it guides - by - precepts - backed by the full force of its authority.”

“To the loved, a word of affection is a morsel; but to the love-starved, a word of affection can be a feast.”

“no work of art is ever finished, nothing is ever static, no performance is for keeps.”

“In 2011, agricultural exports hit a record high and producers saw their best incomes in nearly 40 years.”

“My mistakes have been some of the best teachers of my life.”

“Romans gave Luther his theology, but it was the Psalms that gave him his thunder.”