Those ‘back burner’ thoughts, the ones the brain isn’t quite sure about yet, may cook the slowest yet they often manage to be the tastiest when they come out.

An assumption is the joke; truth the punchline.

We are to give (and take) true love without falling into the narcissistic habit of only trying to take it in.

When focusing only on one’s credentials one boasts his own incompetence in his capacity for discernment of the individual.

A young outcast will often feel that there is something wrong with himself, but as he gets older, grows more confident in who he is, he will adapt, he will begin to feel that there...

The theistic philosopher has a tendency to devalue insufficient worldviews, ideologies, and quite often common sense for the greater good, and in such cases, one should not be discouraged when seen as a bad guy....

One does not have to be a philosopher to be a successful artist, but he does have to be an artist to be a successful philosopher. His nature is to view the world in an...

Let our information and social technologies raise awareness and not propaganda, build connections and not passive-aggression.

When you mature in your relationship with God you realize how suffering and patience are like eating your spiritual vegetables.

I enjoy poetry where I can talk as bizarre as I please, but theology or philosophy, I always respect the truth by taking it a step further.

God wants us to humbly and sincerely ask him things. How often do you enjoy people talking about you without taking the time to get to know you?

The most judgmental people are often those who complain most about being judged. The ones not complaining will look as though they’re the ones doing the judging.

The writer’s curse is that even in solitude, no matter its duration, he never grows lonely or bored.

Women show men beauty in things beyond their ambitions. Women tell men to stop and smell the roses.

What man is really anti-progressive? For he is only anti-certain-people’s-visions-for-the-future.

Peaceful disputes are maintained when men sincerely believe that they are morally, logically correct about the issues at hand. It is when neither side is really certain that wars are instigated.

Children are the most reasonable about discipline. When they tell you not to do something, it’s always because they know why.

Society tells me to follow my own truth, but I don’t let society tell me what to do. If you need someone to tell you that, chances are you’re part of the crowd that will...

An exceedingly confident student would in theory make a terrible student. Why would he take school seriously when he feels that he can outwit his teachers?

I have a thing for things that last.

When you’re appeasing too much, you might be egotistically over-estimating everyone’s need for your approval.

The most mesmerizing of artists is always like one who was merely drawing in the sand and people came to watch.

A god who gave us everything we wanted would be the most malevolent god of all. With an infantile curiosity, we insist on tasting the cockroach on the floor while our father is preparing a...

The role of genius is not to complicate the simple, but to simplify the complicated.

The reality of loving God is loving him like he’s a Superhero who actually saved you from stuff rather than a Santa Claus who merely gave you some stuff.

To better understand God we must first shatter our own idea of God – maybe even day after day. Maybe he’s too great to stay compressed in the human mind. Maybe he splits it wide...

So, how close are love and genius, really? We know that they are both mentioned far more than lived.

Learning isn’t acquiring knowledge so much as it is trimming information that has already been acquired.

Imagination doesn’t always make you long for what you cannot have, but rather thrive in what you do not have.

God tests, but he does not tempt.

Whenever you feel like feeling like a devil’s advocate, Bible-thump. That, in a worldly world, is the great irony and satire of evangelism.

Bad luck with women is a determined man’s road to success. For every affliction, he makes, out of indignation, yet another advancement in order to exceed the man that the woman chose over him. This...

A distaste for the new is not always fear of the unknown, but sometimes ambition. Some people don’t like the new way simply because they never got a chance to master the old way.

This is almost always the case: A piece of art receives its f(r)ame when found offensive.

To spend your time wanting things is to smother your time for achieving things beyond your expectations.

A thief is one who insists on sharing his victimhood.

When enemies, the intellect and the heart only see one another as the hater and the fool.

To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength.

The challenge of abating one with a genuine ego problem is to not try to put him down. Any and all antagonization, in his mind, is merely compensated for by his own descriptions: his feelings...

It’s neither judgment nor judgment according to the status quo that we have a problem with, but rather judgment according to God’s Word that we have a problem with. We sharply dress ourselves, go out...

What men classify as living is often but the discontentment of making oneself itch just to enjoy the scratch.

You can be yourself without pursuing yourself. Have you ever seen a dog chase his own tail? He just runs in circles.

When emerging from humble beginnings, those around you tend to underestimate your authenticity because they knew you before you were ‘somebody’.

It’s always funny that you can try and try again to steal all your critics’ ammo, predict their responses, but no matter what, they’ll still have a water gun stashed somewhere.

Good works is giving to the poor and the helpless, but divine works is showing them their worth to the One who matters.

It always seems as though the definition of love will remain debatable by an opinionated world.

For wordsmiths and masters of words, without necessarily being harsh with words, the words have a tendency to shoot straight to the hearts of people, and this either deeply touches them or deeply angers them....

Wise men are not pacifists; they are merely less likely to jump up and retaliate against their antagonizers. They know that needless antagonizers are virtually already insecure enough.

The common man prays, ‘I want a cookie right now!’ And God responds, ‘If you’d listen to what I say, tomorrow it will bring you 100 cookies.

What we fail to realize is we often become like Pharisees in our ruthless attempts to identify Pharisees (and impostors). While indeed some people use the old laws of religious pride to tear down men...