Misadventure asked what the harm was partaking in one more and I decided not to argue with her.

I didn't let what I wanted to do become a made up memory that I looked back on years down the road and wished it was real.

Honestly, if I stay on this gruelling path, I'm going to end up as another suicide statistic.

I must have appeared like a real bad boy in Christy's eyes. Well, at least a bad boy by home and away standards.

It wasn't a glorious or grand act of misadventure but it was a start. It wasn't what I should have done but it was what I truly wanted to do.

A fight needs at least two fighters. Sometimes you can win straight away by not fighting.

Someone who lives vicariously will never be truly happy because they're not happy with themselves.

If you're not happy with yourself, how can you even begin to figure out if another person makes you happy, annoyed, angry, sad and so on.

This is your chance. Are you going to cower and make excuses or are you going to do what you really want to do?

It seemed, at that point, my greed and cunningness were being rewarded.

She'd been fed anti-consumerist bullshit by her parents but didn't understand simple economics.

he way up is through service, Sacrificial service - it is better to serve than to be served

To be a leader be an example and lead the way.

Men honor property above all else; it has the greatest power in human life.

Never underestimate their intelligence, always underestimate their knowledge.

The void yields up nothing. You have to be a great poet to make it ring.

If you're doing something that you love to make a living, make sure you love it and make sure you do it.

All is known in the sacredness of silence.

Human beings aren't orchids; we must draw something from the soil we grow in.

In every person there is a sun. Just let them shine.

Peace won by compromise is usually a short lived achievement.