Clergyman's

Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature; but he is a thinking reed.
— Blaise Pascal

For by this very fact, individuals confirm the system, fulfill the system, make the system, are the system.
— Václav Havel

There’s a drive in a lost soul—in one that is searching for acceptance, companionship, belonging, whatever you want to call it. The slightest coincidence ignites a spark that one hopes will lead to something meaningful.
— Doug Cooper

I don’t think that a statement like this, issued saying that his ‘choice of words was not the best,’ changes anything.
- Sandra Fluke

In a truly moral society, most of our current laws would not exist.
— Michelle Templet

We are disposed, somewhat by culture and somewhat by nature, to solve our problems by violence, and even to enjoy doing so. And yet by now all of us must at least have suspected that our right to live, to be free, and to be at peace is not guaranteed by any act of violence. It can be guaranteed only by our willingness that all other persons should live, be free, and be at peace — and by our willingness to use or give our own lives to make that possible.
- Wendell Berry

I do thank our Savior that I was allowed to suffer for Him, and that I may also die for Him.
- Franz Jägerstätter

The amount of time spent asleep didn't really matter. He had decided that the key to it all — the one thing that determined whether the nap would actually refresh him — was the breaking of the thread of consciousness...Even if he woke up ten seconds later, he would be as refreshed — possibly more so — as if he'd slumbered deeply for an hour.
- Neal Stephenson