"Pilgrimage to the place of the wise is to find escape from the flame of separateness."

“What shall be said, then, of those who insist upon ignoring the question of slavery as not involved in this deadly feud, and maintain that the only issue is, the support of the government and the preservation of the Union? Surely, they are "fools and blind"; for it is slaveholders alone who have conspired to seize the one, and overturn the other. As long as the enslavement of a single human being is sanctioned in the land, the curse of God will rest upon it.”

Source : "The War — Its Cause and Cure". teachingamericanhistory.org. May 03, 1861.

“Contempt is the emotion we feel for an opponent whose arguments are too formidable to refute.”

“Radical Christianity is not going on a missions trip or a big conference. Radical Christianity is staying steady for decades.”

“Everyone is your best friend when you are successful. Make sure that the people that you surround yourself with are also the people that you are not afraid of failing with.”

“The teacher you need is the person you're living with.”

“Its OK to grow up, just as long as you don't grow old. Face it you are young.”

Source : Jarvis Cocker (2011). “Mother, Brother, Lover: Selected Lyrics”, p.147, Faber & Faber

“Every action (or inaction) involves a choice between what is more important and what is less important.”

“From this process has emerged a parallel process of translating traditional working and living values into a new political and economic power - a power increasingly based upon the strength of money and those material things money can purchase.”