The funny thing about the heart is a soft heart is a strong heart, and a hard heart is a weak heart.

I suspect that 'Kindness and Cruelty' and 'Mercy and Justice' all have secret affairs, as though they rendezvous only within certain sophisticated souls: those who hate being offensive, but love telling the truth.

Even the richest of brands are robbed by poor character.

Speaking a painful truth should be done only in love - like wielding a sword with no hilt - it should pain oneself in direct proportion to the amount of force exerted.

The conscious attempt to be a good person without Christ is as legalistic as an attempt to make it into Heaven through empty religiosity.

When you're appeasing too much, you might be egotistically over-estimating everyone's need for your approval.

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

Being nice merely to be liked in return nullifies the point.