Happy people have neither age nor memory, they have no need of the past.

Silence is death. If you speak, you die. If you are silent, you die. So speak, and die.

The time will come when you will doubt everything you stand for, but you must push forward and never stop. Do not let others speak for you, or you will lose your voice forever.” ~The Grimoire

When you are avoiding your pain you are really only avoiding your growth.

To excavate is to open a book written in the language that the centuries have spoken into the earth.

Today Christians... stand at the head of Germany... We want to fill our culture again with the Christian Spirit.

Your test had cheese meteor questions?" - Bex to Liz.

I've always thought that the best solution for those who feel helpless is for them to help others.

Agriculture is in danger. The whole world is in danger. We need to learn to adapt. If we don't, we'll face catastrophic consequence on a scale you cannot imagine.

You can't have a motion without a debate.

I've changed a lot but I'm still Smitty. Hopefully I'm more mature and I'm a little wiser, and I plan on by the grace of God finishing well, and I'm more passionate than I ever have been in my life.

I taught writing classes at the University of Pennsylvania for a number of years and I realized that all you can do is encourage people and give them assignments and hope they will write them.