Something happens when you are alone most of the time, when there are no distractions. Your mind grows more powerful--muscular, even. It takes over and starts to carry you.

It was a lesson the world had already taught me and was teaching me still. You don't know what's possible until you actually see it.

By concentrating on what I was grateful for, I was able to stave off despair.

What was reckless, I decided, was the way people were writing off huge swaths of the world as unsafe, unstable, unfriendly, when all they needed to do was go and see for themselves

Writing is the silence of the soul struggling to be heard

When you're betrayed there's a period of shame and then there's always forgiveness.

I know there's a farmer out there somewhere who never wants a PC and that's fine with me.

If the answer is more politicians, you are asking the wrong question.

If you're afraid of something, you definitely have to try to tackle it.

The Chinese in this country aren't asking for integration.

Never forget that all the enthusiasm you need is in your mind. Let it out - let it live - let it motivate you.

Thinking is wonderful, but the experience is even more wonderful.

I think most entrepreneurs would refer to themselves as "accidental". No one looks for stress and pain. You stumble on to it. Also, no one looks for pots of gold, it just happens.

Before I write I let my mind go blind and let the lord do his thing.