„The Gods sell when they give.Glory is paid for with disgrace.Poor are the happy, for they areJust what passes.“

— Fernando Pessoa

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„Before Jesus leads His disciples into suffering, humiliation, disgrace, and disdain, He summons them and shows Himself to them as the Lord in God's glory.“
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
„It is the possibility of happiness, intelligence and power that give life its sanctity, and they are absent in the case of a poor, misshapen, paralyzed, unthinking creature.“
— Helen Keller
„Glory?…. Glory belongs to God alone.“
— Cassandra Clare