A sign of power in a man is not only when people follow what he suggests, but also when people make a conscious effort to do the exact opposite of what he suggests.

It has always seemed that a fear of judgment is the mark of guilt and the burden of insecurity.

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.

Time and time again does the pride of man influence his very own fall. While denying it, one gradually starts to believe that he is the authority, or that he possesses great moral dominion over others, yet it is spiritually unwarranted. By that point he loses steam; in result, he falsely begins trying to prove that unwarranted dominion by seizing the role of a condemner.

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

You have to lift a person up before you can really put them in their place.

When your only regret is if anyone thinks you regret anything - that is the definition of conviction.