We tend to idealize tolerance, then wonder why we find ourselves infested with losers and nut cases.
We are a product of the choices we make, not the circumstances that we face.
Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.
Life's inevitable changes are like a compulsory roller-coaster ride. You can cower and shut your eyes tight, or you can exult in the thrills.
If you enter a race and finish last, you are a winner. The loser never entered the race.
Coasting only takes you downhill.
When you want to encourage a greater sense of responsibility in others (and yourself) emphasize the anticipation of accomplishment, not the penalties for failure.
You never know where your actions will lead to. But if you don't do anything they will lead you nowhere.
People can tell the truth much more freely when they're apparently lying.
Explaining belief has alwayas been difficult. How do you explain a love and a logic at the heart of the universe when the world is so out of whack? Explaining faith is impossible - vision over visibility - instinct over intellect - a songwriter plays a chore with the faith that he will hear the next one in his head.
And it occurs to me that if I were aboard a rowboat floating in the middle of all the beer I've drunk in a lifetime, I'd never be able to see the shore.