You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

The truly powerful ideas are precisely the ones that never have to justify themselves.

What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind. How true that is.

But does that mean that war and violence are inevitable? I would argue not because we have also evolved this amazingly sophisticated intellect, and we are capable of controlling our innate behavior a lot of the time.

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.

Panic causes tunnel vision. Calm acceptance of danger allows us to more easily assess the situation and see the options.

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

Some of us have incredible potential, but we don't want to try anything bold because we don't want to fail. The easy choice: live in the relative safety of mediocrity because we think that's better than rejection.

The antidote to fear is faith, and the soundtrack of faith is worship.

The steps we take in faith activate the power of the Spirit.

Though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. (2 Corinthians 10:3—5)

A good mind possesses a kingdom.