“what can be truly loved about a person is inseparable from their limitations.”

We may not exactly be God, but we’re not exactly nothing, either.

You can only find out what you actually believe (rather than what you think you believe) by watching how you act. You simply don’t know what you believe, before that. You are too complex to understand yourself.

Treat yourself like you would someone you’re responsible for helping.

Stop saying those things that make you weak and ashamed. Say only those things that make you strong. Do only those things that you could speak of with honor.

Territory matters, and there is little difference between territorial rights and social status. It is often a matter of life and death.

If you cannot understand why someone did something, look at the consequences – and infer the motivation.

You must determine where you are going in your life, because you cannot get there unless you move in that direction.

Order is not enough. You can’t just be stable, and secure, and unchanging, because there are still vital and important new things to be learned.

I’m not hurt. I’m appalled.

It’s the chattering buzz of ideologically possessed demons.

Beauty shames the ugly. Strength shames the weak. Death shames the living – and the Ideal shames us all.

I don’t think that you have any insight whatsoever into your capacity for good until you have some well-developed insight into your capacity for evil.

Experience is the best teacher, and the worst experiences teach the best lessons.

The successful among us delay gratification. The successful among us bargain with the future.

You deserve some respect. You are important to other people, as much as to yourself. You have some vital role to play in the unfolding destiny of the world.

It’s a luxury to pursue what makes you happy; it’s a moral obligation to pursue what you find meaningful.

My soul is not contained within the limits of my body. My body is contained within the limitlessness of my soul.

Push your limit to the absolute extreme.

Why limit yourself to small things? When the whole is available.

There are no such things as limits to growth, because there are no limits to the human capacity for intelligence, imagination, and wonder.

I am thrilled to be alive at time when humanity is pushing against the limits of understanding. Even better, we may eventually discover that there are no limits.

The vision of the eye is limited; the vision of the heart transcends all barriers of time and space.

You could say coins are issued by the majority. They are issued in a limited, predetermined amount.

I have no limits. I cannot be contained because I am the container.