“Make improvements, not excuses. Seek respect, not attention.”

“We were just looking at maps...”

“Your identity depends on your heart's ability to excuse not on the power or the money you own.”

“I finally understood that what we put into the world, into the universe, often has a way of coming right back to us.”

“To get something different, you must do something different.”

“You have two voices: the one you speak with and the one you think with. While the former is the one others hear, of greater importance is the one you hear.”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”