Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something else besides ourselves.
Saints are usually killed by their own people.
The major cause of problems are solutions
Most problems are caused by solutions.
You can't know who you are, as a nation or a people, unless you know where you've been.
Tenacity is a pretty fair substitute for bravery, and the best form of tenacity I know is expressed in a Danish fur trapper's principle: "The next mile is the only one a person really has to make."