Celebrity stalkers also are not necessarily fixated on one person as the public thinks. Rather, they tend to switch targets, going from, say, an athlete to an actor to a politician.

With rare exceptions, people are responsible for what they do.

I think people are inherently self-aggrandizing, pleasureseeking, unempathetic, self-serving, greedy and lustful.

Only the individual can decide what level of risk she can tolerate and what level of freedom she's willing to sacrifice for the sake of safety.

I like to have success experiences rather than failure experiences. So I'm more likely to compete in things I'm good at, and more likely to spend time on the things I expect to succeed at.

Consider surgeons and their work. It's unthinkable to put your hands in the warm blood of another human's gut. Even with rubber gloves on. Who'd want to do that? But surgeons get over it.

Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass

If someone does not consider those around them to be valuable and hold only themselves in high regard, they too have a very bad self-esteem.

Try to keep it simple.

For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.

Whatever the American officials said about the conflicts in Syria in general has no credibility. Whatever they say, it's just lies and, let's say, bubbles, has no foundation on the ground.

Most books are bought by women.

Time is the only comforter for the loss of a mother.

Do not be content with a static Christian life. Determine rather to grow in faith and love, in knowledge and holiness.

And sometimes I think there isn’t anything to us but our mistakes.

When you get the message, hang up the phone.