Simply minding one's own business is more offensive than being intrusive. Without ever saying a word one can make a person feel less-than.

I do not care about happiness simply because I believe that joy is something worth fighting for.

Doubt is a question mark; faith is an exclamation point. The most compelling, believable, realistic stories have included them both.

Find a purpose to serve, not a lifestyle to live.

A man who goes into a restaurant and blatantly disrespects the servers shows a strong discontent with his own being. Deep down he knows that restaurant service is the closest thing he will ever experience to being served like a king.

Self-righteousness is much like a spiritual egocentricity. It constitutes a secular type of love that thrives under conditionality, one in which is only existent after an individual meets the adopted standards of the condemner; oppositely, unconditional love is a holy love.

The barrier during self-improvement is not so much that we hate learning, rather we hate being taught. To learn entails that the knowledge was achieved on one's own accord-it feels great-but to be taught often leaves a feeling of inferiority. Thus it takes a bit of determination and a lot of humility in order for one to fully develop.