I was surrounded by life and beauty. My soul was content, and my life felt full.

I found things in the woods that I didn’t know I was looking for… and now I’ll never be the same.

Something deep within me connected with hard work, nature and simplicity.

One of the best feelings I had growing up was being completely exhausted at the end of the day after playing outside all day.

My motivation to keep hiking was rooted in the magnificent details of the Appalachian Mountains, and the more I poured myself out - the more energy I gave the trail - the more it gave me in return.

Our bodies are made to move, and moving down the trail is one of the oldest, natural ways people have used their bodies.

I'd always had an interest of pushing my limits and was intrigued by endurance.

A lot of people talk about the trail healing them, but I feel like, the first time, it humbled me, which I probably needed. It was a completely new way to experience the world and my body.

I know that I was hiking at a very young age because I remember being convinced that it was the trees that were talking.

I would rather watch a sunset than TV.

One thing I think I've always felt about being in nature is that it's a very natural taste.

For someone who'e smarter than a supercomputer, sometimes you're a real idiot.

I hope for the day when everyone can speak again of God without embarrassment.

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.

I do like the word timeless. That's a great word.

You can't teach someone to be enlightened. It's something you have to go and do. You can't teach someone to meditate well. It's something you have to go and do.

It takes about 6 hours of practice a day for quite a few years to become a professional juggler. I started when I was 14 and that discipline has helped me immensely as a performer.

Your faith is what you do daily, you can't separate your heart from your body and keep them both alive, they're almost the same thing.

One of the differences between boy gangs and girl gangs is for girls it's much more relational and much less violent.

When it comes to my art work I would say that I am a perfectionist, although my sketchbook, and my process, is a mess.

For better or worse, US Keynesianism was so far ahead of where it started. I am a cafeteria Keynesian. You know what a cafeteria catholic is?