"Understanding reality is the most important thing because reality doesn't care what you want to be true."

"Truth is the essential foundation for producing good outcomes."

"I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more."

"Every Christian would agree that a man's spiritual health is exactly proportional to his love for God."

"Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead."

"Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality."