people would sacrifice everything for an “identity,”

better ambitions have to do with the development of character and ability, rather than status and power. Status you can lose. You carry character with you wherever you go, and it allows you to prevail against adversity.

There is little difference between sacrifice and work. They are also both uniquely human.

Men are often accused of wanting to “fix things” too early on in a discussion. This frustrates men, who like to solve problems and to do it efficiently and who are in fact called upon frequently by women for precisely that purpose.

Question for parents: do you want to make your children safe, or strong?

To place the alleviation of unnecessary pain and suffering at the pinnacle of your hierarchy of value is to work to bring about the Kingdom of God on Earth.

It was in the aftermath of God’s death that the great collective horrors of Communism and Fascism sprang forth (as both Dostoevsky and Nietzsche predicted they would).

You can be pretty smart if you can just shut up.

the myth of the hero, a cross-cultural theme explored psychoanalytically by Otto Rank,