No healthy mind could bring itself to torture another human being.

— Lance Conrad

People never know what they are capable of until all other options run out.

— Lance Conrad

Stories shape the world.

— Lance Conrad

Teachers see coldness in the world and light fires in the minds of their students, hoping for a warm summer. Sadly, some cannot bear the flame, some turn away from the heat, and some twist the fire to burn.

— Lance Conrad

There are few things more powerful than a name. A single phrase that somehow becomes a symbol for an entire existence.

— Lance Conrad

There is an undercurrent of savagery in the human psyche. Anyone who forgets this and doesn’t guard against it, risks being swept away by it.

— Lance Conrad

There is wisdom out there that can’t be relayed in musings or sage advice. Like the complexity of life itself, it simply won’t condense. It can only be shown in its entirety. It takes a story.

— Lance Conrad

The universe holds a destiny in store for people who will not build their own, but they seldom like it.

— Lance Conrad

The weight of history swings on choices. To understand why people make the choices they do is to understand the whole of history and most of the future.

— Lance Conrad

To weaken the body, remove blood. To weaken the character, remove struggle.

— Lance Conrad