“When we stand in the light it is not we who illumine the light and cause it to shine but we are illuminated and made shining by the light... God grants his blessings on those who serve him because they are serving him and on those who follow him because they are following him, but he receives no blessing from them because he is perfect and without need” NeedsMadeLightCausesPerfectBlessingCatholicShiningFollowingServingGrantsLight God Author:Irenaeus of Lyons
“The keys of a fortress are always well worth the retirement of the garrison when it is resolved to yield only on those conditions. On this principle it is always wiser to grant an honorable capitulation to a garrison which has made a vigorous resistance than to risk an assault.” WellsMadeWarPrinciplesRiskConditionsKeysResistanceGrantsYieldRetirementWiserHonorableAssaultVigorousFortressesCapitulation Author:Napoleon Bonaparte