The older you get, the more you understand how your conscience works. The biggest and only critic lives in your perception of people's perception of you rather than people's perception of you.

I never feel unsafe except for when the majority is on my side.

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

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

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.

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

The pressure of adversity is the most powerful sustainer of accountability. It's as though everything you do is multiplied by 50 in order to surpass those with a head-start. I was never capable of slacking when at the threshold of failure.