The quote at the beginning is from John W. Gardner, AKA, ‘The Father of Campaign Finance Reform’… really, I was searching for plumbing quotes and almost settled on this one from Alexander Dumas (Three Musketeers): “Misfortune is needed to plumb certain mysterious depths in the understanding of men; pressure is needed to explode the charge…”
P.S. ‘Momento Mori means ‘remember you will die’ in Latin 😉