Tragedy

The supreme tragedy of the intellectual is not that what he considers insightful enough to share, others find too abstract to appreciate; but that what he considers too obvious to state, others find too significant to overlook.

Courage

Courage is like a muscle; it can be strengthened and developed through consistent training.

Happiness

Happiness is a skill. You can learn it and it’s not hard.

Lesson

We learn, we all do. Sooner or later we all learn. And when we don't learn sooner, we learn later.

And that is why regrets exist.

Faith

I don't listen to music. I don't recommend listening to them. I have many things against listening to music. But I like poetry. Often the poetry is sung, and sung with music. That doesn't make the poetry bad; the poetry is agreeable if it's not accompanied with music.

Here's some poetry that makes me tick:

So bittersweet
This tragedy
Won't ask for absolution 

This melody
Inside of me
Still searches for solution 

A twist of faith
A change of heart
Cures my infatuation

Not giving the source here.

Mehdi

Here's one quote I really loved when I was reading fitness literature by Mehdi, the stronglifts 5x5 guy. He says:

It is crucial that you understand that training until failure to get pumped and sore are NOT necessary to gain muscle, nor are they indicators of progress.

Box

Not everybody fits in a nice clean box. Not everybody can be given a label.