Indeed, the opposite of joy is not sorrow. The opposite of joy is unbelief.

I think death is a tremendous adventure- a gateway into a new life, in which you have further powers, deeper joys, and wonderful horizons.

The trouble with some of us is that we have been inoculated with small doses of Christianity which keep us from catching the real thing.

O God, take all our sorrows and use them to show us the nature of our joy.

There is no intimacy without vulnerability. Yet another powerful example of vulnerability as courage.

Sometimes it may be something I hear in the news that affects me.

In wildness is the preservation of the world.

A practical, matter-of-fact man is like a wagon without springs: every single pebble on the road jolts him; but a man with imagination has springs that break the jar and jolt.

In armies, navies, cities, or families, in nature herself, nothing more relaxes good order than misery.

Give yourself permission to make the story bigger.

You will become on the outside, what you believe on the inside.

I realize now I didn't really want to die. I just wanted to stop the hurt and pain.

... engineering is a basic instinct in man, the expression of which is existentially fulfilling.

Don't rely on others to show you the way. Carry your own map.