“It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.” G.K. Chesterton in All Things Considered

“Dad had enough gall to be divided in three parts…” Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. And Ernestine Gilbreth Carey Cheaper by the Dozen

“The human enterprise, for all the tragedy in which it comes wrapped, is at its core a joyous one.” William Murchison in Reclaiming Morality in America

“I had thought that civilization meant the attainment of peace and order and freedom, of goodwill between man and man, of the love of truth and the hatred of injustice… a life free from craven fear but full of incident: that was what I thought it meant, not more stuffed chairs and more cushions, and more carpets and gas, and more dainty meat and drink – and therewithal more and sharper differences between class and class….” William Morris

“the human race is always trying this dodge of making everything entirely easy; but the difficulty which it shifts off one thing it shifts on to another.” G.K. Chesterton in “The Orthodox Barber” in Tremendous Trifles quoted in Gilbert Magazine Vol. 13 No. 4

“The unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are so much easier to give up than bad ones.” Somerset Maugham

“The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.” Patrick Henry, speech in the Virginia Convention, 23 March 1775

“Those who refuse the necessary clamor for the superfluous.” Richard John Neuhaus in First Things November 2001