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)?

A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains.

A lonely day is God's way of saying that he wants to spend some quality time with you.

I'm never proud of my old work. I always feel as though my skills have since improved.

The biggest challenge after success is shutting up about it.

It is a noble responsibility to not back down when you know that you know that you know that you are right.

...There are also those who inadvertently grant power to another man's words by continuously trying to spite him. If a man gets to the point where he can simply say, 'The sky is blue,' and people indignantly rush up trying to refute him saying, 'No, the sky is light blue,' then, whether they realize it or not, he has become an authority figure even to such adversaries.