To be heroic is to be courageous enough to die for something; to be inspirational is to be crazy enough to live a little.
It's not at all hard to understand a person; it's only hard to listen without bias.
Find a purpose to serve, not a lifestyle to live.
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 is something wrong with everyone else.
Good works is giving to the poor and the helpless, but divine works is showing them their worth to the One who matters.
When you're socially awkward, you're isolated more than usual, and when you're isolated more than usual, your creativity is less compromised by what has already been said and done. All your hope in life starts to depend on your craft, so you try to perfect it. One reason I stay isolated more than the average person is to keep my creativity as fierce as possible. Being the odd one out may have its temporary disadvantages, but more importantly, it has its permanent advantages.