Happiness is good, but well-overrated: what we hate most are the very motivators that put us in gear. A man drifts along with little to contribute until something agitates him enough to make a difference, whether for himself or for his communities.

Love does not dwell on how much one receives in return. If there is ever any balance in love, it is in a contest of who can love who more.

Easily mistaken, it is not about a love for adversity, it is about knowing a strength and a faith so great that adversity, in all its adverse manifestations, hardly even exists.

Telling an introvert to go to a party is like telling a saint to go to Hell.

When a man is penalized for honesty he learns to lie.

To ask, 'How do you do it?' is already starting off on the wrong foot. When reaching for the stars, there does not have to be a 'how' if there is a big enough 'why'.

Humility is, in a sense, admitting how egotistical you are.