“Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise...”

“Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.”

“Good listeners, like precious gems, are to be treasured.”

“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 ...”

“I am not saying that Hitler was a choir boy. But I am saying, let him who was innocent in the Second World War cast the first stone.”

“Who I am as a guitarist is defined by my failure to become Jimi Hendrix.”

“Pride is ugly. It says, 'If you succeed, I am a failure.'”

“We had come to identify who was behind all the prodding and the pushing. Everything that happens to you, is really your very own. Nobody is responsible for you. You are whole and sole responsible f...”

“We are each responsible for all of our experiences.”

“Design, if it is to be ecologically responsible and socially responsive, must be revolutionary and radical.”