What's simple is that everything good comes from God, and everything bad comes from man. Where it gets complicated is that everything seemingly good but ultimately bad comes from man, and everything seemingly bad but ultimately good comes from God.

It is neither just the religious, the spiritual, the power-hungry, the evil, the ignorant, the corrupt, the Christian, the Muslim, the Hindu, the Buddhist, the Jew, nor the atheist that makes a hypocrite, but being a human being. Any man who thinks himself to be free of hypocrisy while committed to cherry-picking others for such, I am confident, the Almighty can prove to him a great deal of his own hypocrisy even beyond his earthly comprehension.

Maturity is when you're able to say, 'It's not just them. It's me.

I'm often painted as the bad guy, and the artistic part of me wants to hand out the brush.

The devil's happy when the critics run you off.

Trustful people are the pure at heart, as they are moved by the zeal of their own trustworthiness.

Friends ask you questions; enemies question you.

Quiet people always know more than they seem. Although very normal, their inner world is by default fronted mysterious and therefore assumed weird. Never underestimate the social awareness and sense of reality in a quiet person; they are some of the most observant, absorbent persons of all.

I appreciate a book intended to be judged by its cover. The insincere readers are often weeded out while the sincere readers remain curious.