I look up to the sky and scream to the wind, 'Give me adventure.' She whispers back, 'You are braver than you know.

Bravery is an amazing and aggressive teacher. Its gives me the energy to dive into life, recover from disappointment, and mentally escape whatever locked door holds me in.

Suffering reminds us of our brokenness, our humanity. It disarms us of our self-absorption and magnifies our need for one another.

Suffering has a noble purpose.

Those who suffer suffer because hurt people hurt people, and busy people let it happen. So am I going to be busy or am I going to be brave?

When the statistics have a face, poverty becomes personal.

While many of us give to the hungry orphan, we have forgotten to love her.

My life is too valuable to remain shielded and protected behind the coziness and comfort of security.

It is about doing the most good with the only two hands I can control.

I learned it was better to tiptoe through life and arrive at death's door safely.

The road less traveled continues to beckon me onward, towards a journey of transformation and engagement.

A touch of kindness is like a ray of light in deep darkness.

After discovering your calling, the next challenge you are faced with is how to maximize your time

I think that I am too warm to negatively judge individuals, yet I am cold enough to negatively judge humanity.

Poems ancient and modern prowled the ice floes in bear form, filled with words that could wound with their beauty.

Education is a business - the growth business. It cultivates the growth of our learners, translates the growth of new knowledge, and builds professional growth.

Memories do not always soften with time; some grow edges like knives.

I can tell by the way somebody walks if they can dance or not. Just by the rhythm.

Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.

I'd like to record somewhere really different. Rent a really big house and get a mobile in and set up in the dining room. Maybe New England; it'd be nice in September or October.

In the next life you will be working with those attitudes that are now yours.