Seeing the world is a prerequisite to understanding one’s place in it.

If travel has momentum and wants to stay in motion, as I mentioned earlier, then adventure has the gravitational pull of a black hole. The more you do it, the more you find a way to keep doing it.

The true secret to seeking the unknown is in the looking, not the finding. The journey is what matters.

As travelers, it is our responsibility to adapt, otherwise we miss the whole point: the opportunity to gain a new perspective.

When traveling in rural Africa, it's important to not actually *go* to a hospital until the patient is on the brink of expiration, otherwise things are apt to get worse.

My world view has always been that there's just an enormous amount of cultural and religious diversity out there, all of which is really worth taking in.

Sometimes, when you're this adventurous, you rip the crotch out of your pants.

We cannot bear for our most mysterious experiences to remain unexplained. I've therefore learned...that every story has worth, since a person takes the time to tell it. The key is to listen.

What i took away from witnessing the broken climbers in Moshi was this: *Everything is easy until it isn't.*

Where can one buy a lit of that *Right Stuff* bravado required to shrug off the fact that your airplane is now a convertible?

I can't explain some of the things I've seen and...I've done some things I can't explain.

When the slave auctioneer asked in what he was proficient, he replied, "In ruling people."

Who does it hurt? That's who the story is about.

A good song and good musicians can really move mountains.

The first persecution of the Church took place in the year 67, under Nero, the sixth emperor of Rome.

Criticism, analysis, and insults are tragic expressions of unmet needs.

Lust comes creeping through the night to feed on hearts of suburban wives who learned to pretend when they met their dreams end.

Despair is easy, or at least low cost.

I want painting to be difficult to do.

Mine is not a traditional music, but it comes from a tradition.

If I can't get people to commit themselves on whether or not there is a square root of two, then I won't touch on God or anything here