Truth

"... True classical dropouts in society are those who avoid difficult challenges and cling to the first opportunity that comes their way. They never test their talents. These latent talents will only help to produce the next cycle of dropouts..."

"…blissfulness is the summit of contentment…"

"... Never opt for war, no matter how simple it may seem, especially when you know that peace is achievable, even if achieving that peace entails going through a complicated and protracted process,"

"The Truth burns the heart like a hammer breaking a rock."

"Adding to my emotional dizziness on Sunday, I spoke with my sister, who kept noting how amazing Michael is, and what a brave and selfless man he is for having helped as he did."

"He clearly suffers from some past traumas too, so hopefully he'll understand why I was untruthful to him about mine."

"But I stayed up thinking about how I've been lying to him, no less than I lie to myself in my pre-sleep ritual. And I lied to him again just as we were growing more intimate than ever and he asked me about my scar."

"Mom often said to me, "I know if you look good, you get special treatment." And then she went a step further: "I don't care what the world says or does. You have to remember that every person is valuable."

"When you are wise, peace shall follow."

"... No man is foolish when his friend betrays him because a man’s world is most serene when he has people to trust and call friends. After all, is it not often said that a friend is another self?"

"Only a fool would find happiness from an achievement that is detrimental to those he loves."

"... There is no greater dividing force in this world than self-interest..."

"A nationalist will blindly follow his country to his death out of love for it. A patriot will stand up for and even against his country to his death out of love for it."

"He learned...never to show his anger or hatred against a stronger adversary, for fear of being crushed."

"Love and hate when stretched to their extremes blind reasoning."

"It was one thing to be fooled, and another thing to be taken for a fool all the time."

"The purpose of life is to nurture joy, which involves those aspects of humanity that enrich the soul."

"a person who tries to use reasoning to explain faith gets lost in the wilderness of incomprehension."

"My patria vera or true fatherland is the place that enriches my soul."

"The people’s hero does not only have to be someone in possession of the scepter of power. It can be anyone capable of giving unity, prosperity, security, peace and a sense of worthiness to his people. Such a figure gets elevated to the status of a revered hero with the human touch if he imparts a sense of oneness on a multi-racial, multi-ethnic and multi-religious group; especially a diverse people who have been fighting one another for years and centuries..."