"Humiliating people in the name of religion is the practice of someone deprived of the first fruit of religion, #‎ humility ."

“The world doesn't pay you for what you know, it pays you for what you do.”

“A conflagration always made such a nice backdrop to a battle. Fire made everything so much more joyously apocalyptic.”

Source : Stuart Hill (2011). “The Icemark Chronicles #2: Blade of Fire”, p.683, Scholastic Inc.

“I was a competitive swimmer in middle school and high school.”

“Whether via social media or in person, building your relationships is a long-term process, and the ultimate goal is to strengthen your network one person at a time.”

Source : "The Power of 'No'” by Raymond J. Arroyo, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 9, 2012.

“Excellence and competitiveness aren't incompatible with honesty and integrity.”

“My writing is a combination of three elements. The first is travel: not travel like a tourist, but travel as exploration. The second is reading literature on the subject. The third is reflection.”

Source : "An Interview with Ryszard Kapuscinski: Writing about Suffering". Interview With Thomas Wolfe, quod.lib.umich.edu. 1998.

“The only constant you have from Point A, your birth to Point B, your death is you. There is no point in changing who you are to appease others when they're gonna leave your life. LOVE YOURSELF because you're the only one who's stuck with yourself. Fall in love with who you are and if anybody wants to join in on that. More Power to them.”

“By the way, the point between rationality and what we would call the irrational is a very difficult point to establish. There’s no specific line, as you know.”