Dreams, ideas, and plans not only are an escape, they give me purpose, a reason to hang on.

The sea remains the greatest wilderness. To my mind, voyaging through wildernesses, be they full of woods or waves, is essential to the growth and maturity of the human spirit.

A view of heaven from a seat in hell.

My plight has given me a strange kind of wealth, the most important kind. I value each moment that is not spent in pain, desperation, hunger, thirst, or loneliness.

Avoiding risk is not much of a goal...whether you crawl into a hole or walk a high wire, nobody gets out of here alive. We cannot grow without challenge.

This life is full of trials and tribulations, so you have to capture humor whenever and wherever you can find it.

Parables release the adrenaline of urgency into our bloodstream.

If you actually want something and are really passionate about it, you will get it no matter what.

Have you ever thought your friend or loved one had issues and you kept praying for God to change them? Have you ever thought it could be you just need to change your attitude?

Oh, do not cry - be good children and we will all meet in heaven.

The nationalist right have common views. They hate the EU, they hate NATO, they dislike trade, they admire Russia. Many of them are funded by Putin.

I can't be happy every day but I can be cheerful.

I was'nt always black. there was this freckel that just grew and grew.

I'm a former Red Sox fan, now fully rehabilitated.

I'm not a pessimist by nature. I'm not someone who sees things in a bleak way.

If you're alive, there's a purpose for your life.