Freedom is secured not by the fulfilling of men's desires, but by the removal of desire.
- Epictetus
That Christ's Baptism was not a mere form, but the fulfilling of all righteousness, proves that He descended into the water burdened with our sins.
- Abraham Kuyper
And in the end it is not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years.
- Abraham Lincoln
The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honourable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.