Peter Garud

“Do you inquire why, holding these views and possessing some will of my own, I accept so imperfect a proposition? I answer, because I live among men and not among angels; among men as intelligent, as determined, and as independent as myself, who not agreeing with me, do not choose to yield their opinions to mine. Mutual concession, therefore, is our only resort, or mutual hostilities.”
― Thaddeus Stevens

“Now I have taken these cases merely because they are typical of ten thousand other cases; the world is full of these unfulfilled ideas, these uncompleted temples.
History does not consist of completed and crumbling ruins; rather it consists of half-built villas abandoned by a bankrupt builder.
This world is more like an unfinished suburb than a deserted cemetery.”
― G. K. Chesterton, What's Wrong with the World: Chesterton's Exploration of Faith, Politics and Culture

“It sounds to me, young one,” Haddek said, “that you’re searching for something that cannot be found.”
“The truth?” Sazed said.
“No,” Haddek replied. “A religion that requires no faith of its believers.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Hero of Ages