"One of the greatest gifts from God is the eternal perspective. It is a level of fearlessness, a level of understanding where one can experience even emotional harmony with God."

"Heroic ambition seemed to have been the cause of much of the world's pain then - quite like it is now. No villain ever saw himself a villain: he only saw himself a hero, and this goes just as no hero ever saw himself a hero: he simply did what he had to do. No true hero initially sets out with intentions of being deemed a hero."

"A major gap between many of the denominations stems from how people define some of the most basic terms, such as 'religion' itself."

"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."

"Envy is a sign of insecurity, yes; but so is longing to be envied."

"Friends ask you questions, enemies question you."

"False humility is quite like the worst of both worlds: both that of Meekness and that of Conceit."

"Be willing to give, but only when you aren't expecting anything in return."

"Honesty is not the same as truth. That is the obstacle of the notion of relative truths. I would like to put my trust in the lunatic. He is the one least concerned of what I think of him, the mark of an honest man. I can always depend on him to be completely honest in what he thinks and feels, about anything, no matter the consequences laid before him, however with no course of rationale, I cannot necessarily take his word for even the well-being of him in his own reality."

"Ingredients to success: know what you do well, know what to do well, and know someone who's swell."

"Let them spend their time condemning every action of persons they do not like; by this let them revoke their own condemnation licenses: no one will take them seriously when it comes time to condemn something that really needs to be condemned, and thus hear, hear, despite the excess noise, the reasonable voices may prevail."

"A part of me genuinely wanted to be the worst because I was so sick of everyone fighting to be the best."

"You can't let the truth bring out the worst and let it get the best of you."

"The power of hope! Even a lack of ambition can, for a time, pay off as a necessary facet, as long as hope outweighs it."

"The evangelist is the world's hopeless romantic, and just like a hopeless romantic, he must hope for the miracle of God more than the romance itself."

"It is the philosophers, theologians, and evangelists who are said to be filled with pride and bigotry due to the strong convictions that they represent. On the contrary, teachings can be either taken or dismissed; whereas voting is the only thing the average person can do to force everyone to live how they would prefer. A simple vote is among the largest yet most acceptable forms of bigotry, and that is because people play the card only when they feel that in doing so it conveniences themselves."

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

"Truth is not fully explosive, but purely electric. You don't blow the world up with the truth; you shock it into motion."

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

"The reality of loving God is loving him like he's a Superhero who actually saved you from stuff rather than a Santa Claus who merely gave you some stuff."

"Beware: open-mindedness will often say, 'Everything is permissible except a sharp opinion."

"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."

"I'm always talking to God about whether or not he exists - that's how I know I'm a theist."

"There have been times I've felt so much art in my soul I grew sick of artists."

"The foundation of morality on the human sentiments of what is acceptable behavior versus repulsive behavior has always made morals susceptible to change. Much of what was repulsive 100 years ago is normal today, and - although it may be a slippery slope - what is repulsive today is possible to be normal 100 years into tomorrow; the human standard has always been but to push the envelope. In this way, all generations are linked, and one can only hope that every extremist, self-proclaimed progressive is considering this ultimate 'Utopia' to which his kindness will lead at the end of the chain."

"The first ingredient to being wrong is to claim that you are right. Geniuses have a knack for raising new questions. Hence by the public they are either admired for their creativity or, even more commonly so, detested for disturbing the daily peace of mind."

"I think there is a song out there to describe just about any situation."

"Deceit for personal gain is one of history's most recurring crimes. Man's first step towards change would be thinking, counter-arguing, re-thinking, twisting, straightening, perfecting, then believing every original idea he intends to make public before making it public. There is always an angle from which an absolute truth may appear askew just as there is always a personal emotion, or a personal agenda, which alienates the ultimate good of mankind."

"Have nuts and be nuts."

"The emphasis and the reason for a pure humility is to result in love for others; not always necessarily the belittlement of self. When there is pride and self-righteousness and being pretentiously too far above, generally, one has a difficult time reaching the compassionate side of love for others, the side that understands (or at least attempts to understand): 'I am aware that I am not so far from falling in the same way.' Humility seeks to understand, and sometimes even relate; and in result, the love lovingly, properly, effectively wills the removal of the destructive sins of another as from oneself."

"There is not one harsher, more sure-fire way to fail than that of the man who tries to be like Jesus without submitting to Jesus."

"Whenever you feel like feeling like a devil's advocate, Bible-thump. That, in a worldly world, is the great irony and satire of evangelism."

"People don't care about being duped as long as they're happy, which is the shortest form of happiness; hence 'self-duprication' becomes a habit."

"Considering the notion that the spiritual battlefield is infinitely greater than the physical, perhaps God is more willing to bless with a sort of divine ecstasy those who see the devil as the enemy rather than those who see other people as the enemies."

"It's not about going around trying to stir up trouble. As long as you're honest and you articulate what you believe to be true, somebody somewhere will become your enemy whether you like it or not."

"A sign of a lover of wisdom is his delight in not running his mouth about things he doesn't know."

"Faithfulness imparts God's reason for all circumstances. No matter what the world says, losing is no longer an option."

"Perhaps a seemingly dull, boring person is not a person who lacks personality, but rather a person with so much personality most other things bore them."

"I would rather my descendants have greater abilities and a greater knowledge of the love of Christ than I do, much like standing on one's shoulders in order to get a clearer view of the valley."

"Narcissists often feign oppression because narcissists always feel entitled."

"Like crying wolf, if you keep looking for sympathy as a justification for your actions, you will someday be left standing alone when you really need help."

"Intelligence entails a strong mind, but genius entails a heart of a lion in tune with a strong mind."

"The love of Christ is always there and unchanging, no matter what we do, but it is when we are obedient that we actually begin to feel it."

"Persistence. Perfection. Patience. Power. Prioritize your passion. It keeps you sane."

"I have a thing for things that last."

"The first reaction is surely the most natural one, but not always the most correct one; thereupon, the invention of apologies."

"Love is one of those topics that plenty of people try to write about but not enough try to do."

"The man who sins but wants to purify it is no more a sinner than the man who doesn't sin but wants to sin."

"You are believing not in your god but in yourself if your god knows no better than you do...and yet, in this alone, I am afraid, you have already been fooling yourself."

"It is a harsh reality that some of the most important and respectable jobs which deserve high salaries might be better off with low salaries. A politician, or a minister, or a teacher is sure to be working sincerely and selflessly for the good of the people when through and through there is little monetary reward guaranteed. This is how the charlatans are weeded out of the field."