The people we see as evil usually have stronger morals and convictions than us.

Trying to fight someone without understanding them is the same as travelling somewhere without knowing the directions, it ends in complete failure.

Lack of self awareness leads to self righteousness, a sly replacement of sorts.

Oh yes, I am an inherently flawed beast whose virtues can never hope to migitate its sins, but at least I am aware of it.

You can't become smarter by wanting to be smart, you can't become faster by wanting to be fast, and you can't become stronger by wanting to be strong. True strength comes from knowing you are weak.

If there was a common thread between the great warriors and runaways of my Hulkinov ancestors, and my father the pathological expatriate, and me, it was just that: hotheaded self-righteousness. And not the bad kind, either. We actually were right. We just cared more about being right than doing what was right. And we cared more about being right than about our own lives.