It is not true that everyone is special. It is true that everyone was once special and still possesses the ability to recover it.

Creative people are often found either disagreeable or intimidating by mediocrities.

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

An insincere critic of a sincere person never wins.

We are often taught to look for the beauty in all things, so in finding it, the layman asks the philosopher while the philosopher asks the photographer.

In the land where excellence is commended, not envied, where weakness is aided, not mocked, there is no question as to how its inhabitants are all superhuman.

When you're truly awesome, you know that it's actually a burden and wish day after day to be relieved of such a curse. Think of about 95% of the superheroes.