“In a matter of moments, I awakened to a life that wasnt mine. It was like peering into a dark hidden world that I wasnt supposed to know about and that my mind didnt want to believe existed.”

“If there was one thing I learned from all my research, it was that the majority of the early pioneers didnt dwell on the hard times; they indeed related every aspect of their lives to their relatio...”

“I dont think my journey has to be harrowing to be important. Simply doing the tasks of the day is enough. Such as getting up every morning to go to work to support my family and sacrificing persona...”

“...my mind drifted to my family. I thought about how I had the opportunity to serve them. I didnt have to carry them across a freezing river in the middle of a snowstorm or give them my food when t...”

“I truly believe we can either see the connections, celebrate them, and express gratitude for our blessings, or we can see life as a string of coincidences that have no meaning or connection.For me,...”

“The things that matter most to me are eternal. The bonds of love shared within a family I believe to be eternal.”

“The geographical pilgrimage is the symbolic acting out an inner journey. The inner journey is the interpolation of the meanings and signs of the outer pilgrimage. One can have one without the other...”

“Every traveler should make their own observation.”

“If perception is limited by experience, knowledge, and/or education, what deems my actions correct or my thoughts as moral?”

“The ultimate foundation of spirituality is the recognition that there can't be such a thing as a purposeful life in a purposeless universe.”

“George, she says it's the truth that matters. We live and die for the chance to maybe tell a little bit of the truth, maybe shame the Devil just a little bit before we go.”

“Man must learn to know the universe precisely as it is, or he cannot successfully find his place in it. A man should therefore use his reasoning faculty in all matters involving truth, and especial...”

“Sometimes it's not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what things don't mean.”

“Dont cry and dont rage. Understand.”

“The only way to heal yourself was to understand. Understand the love or the hate or the cowardice, or the impulsiveness, the lack of will of the one who hurt you--the circumstances that twisted the...”