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

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.

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

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.

If you are faithful and diligent in your work, God will place you before kings

On Christmas morning, Rebecca lost her moral virginity, her sense of humor - and her two best friends. But, other than that, it was a hell of a holiday.

We need to look carefully at what we value, what we have, and what we desire to make sure these are really important to us and represent what we truly want.

Virtues consist not only of acting in certain ways, but in ways of caring and feeling.

Your past is just a story. And once you realize this it has no power over you.

I have always dressed somewhat well - not because I work at GQ - but because my wife is amazing at finding clothes that disguise my waistline.

The white paintings came first; my silent piece came later.

I loved him, but love isn't enough. All the fairy tales, the romance novels, the soap operas; they're all lies. Love does not conquer all.

Look after your laundry, and your soul will look after itself.

It is in time of peace that the value of life is fixed. The test of war reveals it.