“Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into light.”

“God does not seem impressed by size or power or wealth. Faith is what he wants, and the heroes who emerge are heroes of faith, not strength or wealth.”

“PoemThings will go on like this forEver. NoThing shall shatter. NoTree. NoBlade of grass shall beThere. NoThing butBlue rocks shallFill the valley where ISleep.Things shall go on like this forEver.Things shall be unBroken.No action shall shatter. NoThing shall escape and noBody shall shatter ideas and noBeing shall shatter. NoTree. NoBlade of grass shallBe present toWitness theIncident.********Everything shall be always thus. NoThing shall be turned or moved.Touched.All shall forever be so.”

“Hardness shatters; strength endures.”

“Civilization is a mutant beast that emerged from the shattered egg of primitive stability.-Sissy Hankshaw”

“We draw our strength from the pains and despairs in which we have been forced to endure. But because of that strength, we shall endure.”