“Of course, we often think we have to get sick literally in order to get the rest or pleasure we need in our lives. Bobbie and I therefore taught our children when they were younger that if they nee...”

“Embrace each challenge in your life as an opportunity for self-transformation.”

“One cannot get through life without pain. ... What we can do is choose how to use the pain life presents to us.”

“In the face of uncertainty there is nothing wrong with hope.”

“One cannot get through life without pain.... What we can do is choose how to use the pain life presents to us.”

“The simple truth is that happy people generally don't get sick.”

“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 ...”