You are evidence of your mother's strength, especially if you are a rebellious knucklehead and regardless she has always maintained her sanity.

When good people consider you the bad guy, you develop a heart to help the bad ones. You actually understand them.

Whenever we want to combat our enemies, first and foremost we must start by understanding them rather than exaggerating their motives.

God tests, but he does not tempt.

Good works is giving to the poor and the helpless, but divine works is showing them their worth to the One who matters.

I often find that people confuse inner peace with some sense of insensibility whenever something goes wrong. In such cases inner peace is a permit for destruction: The unyielding optimist will pretend that the forest is not burning either because he is too lazy or too afraid to go and put the fire out.

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.