Whenever we want to combat our enemies, first and foremost we must start by understanding them rather than exaggerating their motives.

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

Thoughts are like burning stars, and ideas, they flood, they stretch the universe.

A good work ethic is not so much a concern for hard work but rather one for responsibility. There have been a great many men and women who have in fact used work or hustle or selfish ambition as an escape from real responsibility, an escape from purpose. In matters such as these, the hard worker is just as dysfunctional as the sloth.

The writer's curse is that even in solitude, no matter its duration, he never grows lonely or bored.

Ultimate prosperity is one's value within. It takes a man of depth, morality, and charm to be envied yet without a sign of wealth or romance. A passion to prove such inner worth is his permission to achieve whatever he desires.

These days when Christians bicker they exaggerate passion into a legalistic belief and prosperity into a lukewarm belief.