It is often during the worst of times that we see the best of humanity–awakening within the most ordinary of us that which is most sublime. I do not believe that it is circumstance that produces such greatness any more than it is the canvas that makes the artist. Adversity merely presents the surface on which we render our souls’ most exacting likeness. It is in the darkest skies that stars are best seen.

I have a penchant for fresh notebooks and mechanical pencils. It seems every time I go to the store, I buy a new notebook. I have dozens of them just sitting around.

There are two kinds of people. Those who climb mountains and those who sit in the shadow of the mountains and critique the climbers.

The sin of the desert is knowing where the water is and not sharing it.

Magna est veritas, et praevalebit: truth is mighty, and will prevail

I believe that in spite of the chains we bind ourselves with, there's a primordial section of the human psyche that is still nomadic and still yearns to roam free.

My grandfather, a devout Christian, had the gift of healing.