“The satellite revolt was not sparked from the West. It was sparked by Communism itself.”

St. 18
The Scholar Gypsy (1853)
Context: Thou waitest for the spark from heaven! and we,
Light half-believers of our casual creeds,
Who never deeply felt, nor clearly will’d,
Whose insight never has borne fruit in deeds,
Whose vague resolves never have been fulfill’d;
For whom each year we see
Breeds new beginnings, disappointments new;
Who hesitate and falter life away,
And lose to-morrow the ground won to-day—
Ah! do not we, wanderer! await it too?

Homecoming saga, Earthborn (1995)

Source: Away from Her

Source: Howl's Moving Castle

Canto I, line 34 (tr. Sinclair).
The Divine Comedy (c. 1308–1321), Paradiso

It – How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It (2008, Zondervan)

Maiden speech to the Senate, 24 August 2005 (excerpts)