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.

The harder you fall, the heavier your heart; the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal.

Companionship is a foreign concept to some people. They fear it as much as the majority of people fear loneliness.

It's much easier on the emotions when one sees life as an experiment rather than a struggle for popularity.

Tension, in the long run, is a more dangerous force than any feud known to man.

As followers of Christ, we are to be careful not to remain victims of the many cultural presuppositions of who he is, and what he teaches, insofar as taking for granted our own caricatures of him. Let it boil in both mind and heart the question, 'If Jesus were to appear today, how many of us would actually recognize him and his teachings (or would it simply be a recount of his first visit)?

The only activity a cynic will find contagious is yawning, that is, with other people, at other people.