“To be heroic is to be courageous enough to die for something; to be inspirational is to be crazy enough to live a little.”

“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.”

“If you build the guts to do something, anything, then you better save enough to face the consequences.”

“Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on.”

“A lack of common sense usually ends in some heroic feat, much like the soldier who dives onto the grenade so that others may live.”

“Divinity for the sake of the simple-minded is beautiful. Those theological assertions you write, say, or live by that you later feel foolish about, it means God still lives in you enough to tell you that they were indeed foolish. By mistakes you know you are alive.”

“The only thing more frustrating than slanderers is those foolish enough to listen to them.”