Bryan Beauchamp

“The desire for sudden change and the thought of their realization by force often appears among men like a disease and gains ground mainly in young brains; only these brains do not think as they should, do not amount to anything in the end and the heads that think thus do not remain long on their shoulders. For it is not human desires that dispose and administer the things of this world. Desire is like a wind, it sifts the dust from one place to another, sometimes darkens the whole horizon, but in the end calms down and leaves the old and eternal picture of the world. Lasting deeds are realized on this earth only by God’s will, and man is only His humble and blind tool.”
― Ivo Andrić, The Bridge on the Drina

“Your liberals and radicals all want to govern. They want to try it their way-- to show that people will be happier if the power is wielded in a different way or for different purposes. But how do they know? Have they ever tried it? No, it's merely their guess.”
― B.F. Skinner, Walden Two

“Change is the essence of life; be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become.”
― Reinhold Niebuhr

“If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Demons