The universe holds a destiny in store for people who will not build their own, but they seldom like it.
Fire can destroy or purify, strengthen or weaken, all depending on the nature of the material being burned. Pain has the same effects on the human soul, and for the same reasons.
People never know what they are capable of until all other options run out.
Faith is courage.
Curiosity is the hunger of the mind.
The weight of history swings on choices. To understand why people make the choices they do is to understand the whole of history and most of the future.
There is wisdom out there that can’t be relayed in musings or sage advice. Like the complexity of life itself, it simply won’t condense. It can only be shown in its entirety. It takes a story.
If you would see a man's heart, knock him down. Then observe how he rises. If you would see his soul, do it a thousand times more.
War is more than battles, and battles are more than violence.
Fear sticks like a barb in the mind. Someone cold enough to take advantage of it can attach strings to those barbs and make puppets of men and women.
Teachers see coldness in the world and light fires in the minds of their students, hoping for a warm summer. Sadly, some cannot bear the flame, some turn away from the heat, and some twist the fire to...
