Kyle Hersma

“People ask, “Have you ever seen the gods you worship? How can you be sure they exist?” Answers: i. Just look around you. ii. I’ve never seen my soul either. And yet I revere it. That’s how I know the gods exist and why I revere them—from having felt their power, over and over.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“There’s nothing manly about rage. It’s courtesy and kindness that define a human being—and a man. That’s who possesses strength and nerves and guts, not the angry whiners. To react like that brings you closer to impassivity—and so to strength.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“And beyond this, Bonhoeffer believed that whatever one said one believed was not as important as living what one believed.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship

“It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations