Things I Learned And Wrote At Age 21

• Some want to be healthy, and some want to be happy.

• Wisdom lies not in what is said so much as what is not said.

• Reaction is weightier than action.

• War is the guardian of peace.
• A lover of peace is at times a supporter of war.

• It is impossible to live upright and not be happy

• Once you forgive someone, you forever relinquish all right to bring the matter up again.

• The greatness of a man is proportionate to the veracity of his word.

• Two people claim to know Jesus: the wise and the lunatic.

• Where truth lacks, there complexity ensues, and confusion reigns.

• Loneliness is a voluntary condition.

• It is no easier to judge than to misjudge.

• Do not ask a question unless you are prepared for the answer.

• Consistency in large areas is formed by good habits in small areas.

• The degree of fear is commensurate to the distance from God.

• A ton of good is overturned with an ounce of evil.

• "Cool" is sedated boldness.

• Truth is a rock.  It does not conform to man; man must conform to it.

• Passion is emotion plus direction.

•  When you fear someone, you give them power over you.

•  The most direct way to view a man introspectively is through what he owns.
• Property is an extension of a man.
• To disrespect a man's belongings is to disrespect the man.

• Prosperity tends to stifle spirituality.

• There are many who stand unvindicated by God, but there are none who remain so.

• Justification is the gateway to heaven.  Self-justification is the portal to hell.

• While a man will retain a grudge for a lifetime, a child has more wisdom than to hold on to something called bitterness.

• The thoughts of God are so far divorced from the deeds of man that a partaker of one must abandon the other.

• A large portion of wisdom is to surrender the need to know some things.

• There is a list of things you have done for them and a list of things they have done for you; but they will only remember the latter.

• Every work of God is redemptive.

• Perfecting is a process.  Perfectionism is a sickness.

• Peace: Prevention from mention of all contention.
• Holiness: Abstention from invention of carnal intention.
• Heaven: The pension of ascension to a godly convention.

• Money that is not in immediate possession merits no heed.

• Do not remove the aspect of service in a "church service."

• The atmosphere of life is chosen by the individual.  The atmosphere of the home is chosen by the parents.

• Knowledge is obtained of Earth, but wisdom is obtained exclusively of God.