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“And all the time - such is the tragic comedy of our situation - we continue to clamor for those very qualities we are rendering impossible. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful.”

Men Quality Situation Laughing Virtue Comedy Impossible Honor Enterprise Tragic Midst Chests Shocked Traitor Rendering Clamor

Author:C. S. Lewis

“You cannot show real respect to your parents by perpetuating their errors.... Do you consider that the inventor of a steel plow cast a slur upon his father who scratched the ground with a wooden one? I do not consider that an invention by the son is a slander upon the father; I regard each invention simply as an improvement; and every father should be exceedingly proud of an ingenious son. If Mr. Talmage has a son, it will be impossible for him to honor his father except by differing with him.”

Source: Ingersoll the Magnificent: To which Has Been Added a Special Arrangement of Some Gems from Ingersoll for Inspiration, Wisdom, and Courage

“It is the chair in honor of all those who, however competently, embrace the impossible. Sit in that chair someday.”

Impossible Honor Embrace Chairs Someday

Book:Maybe (Maybe Not): Second Thoughts from a Secret Life

Source: Maybe (Maybe Not): Second Thoughts from a Secret Life

“Humankind is innocent, loving, and creative, you dig? It's the bureaucracies that create the evil, that make Honor and Community impossible, and it's the kids who really take it in the groin.”

Kids Evil Community Creative Impossible Honor Innocent Humankind Bureaucracy

Author:Paul Goodman

“If I understand this correctly Christ taught here the alarming doctrine that the desire for honor among men made belief impossible.”

Ifs Men Made Desire Belief Christ Impossible Taught Pride Honor Doctrine

Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer