If we adopt the same collaborative mindset and practices that got to the moon and back, and that built the International Space Station, we can alleviate poverty—and do much more.

Earth is a small town with many neighborhoods in a very big universe.

Open collaboration encourages greater accountability, which in turn fosters trust.

We are limited only by our imagination and our will to act.

People are more likely to remember the great social interaction they had with a colleague than the great meeting they both attended.

This was exactly what I experienced in space: immense gratitude for the opportunity to see Earth from this vantage, and for the gift of the planet we've been given.

After mutual respect and understanding are achieved, it is possible to establish real, sincere relationships, which is the foundation of a solid long-term collaboration.

You can't solve problems until you understand the other side." –Jeffrey Manber

And in that moment, I was hit with the realization that this delicate layer of atmosphere is all that protects every living thing on Earth from perishing in the harshness of space.

At this point I thought 'We made it, ' by which I meant 'We survived.' I also was acutely aware that my childhood dream of flying into space had just come true.

Ideally, the ISS program will just be one more incremental step on an expanding, incredible journal of exploration and understanding, taking us higher and farther.

Positive society, positive world.

Gossip bespeaks either a vacant mind or one that entertains jealousy or envy.

There is much to be said for solitude.

I don't think you can love Jesus without loving His wife.

It's saying, just stop, and be together. Don't talk now, just breathe and feel each other's presence.

As an art form, opera is a rare and remarkable creation. For me, it expresses aspects of the human drama that cannot be expressed in any other way, or certainly not as beautifully.

I saw him because I see everything. Easy when no one notices you.

To me, always just - that scene is, like, so convenient. They never run out of bullets in action movies, unless it's at the most dramatic time possible.

A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it... By using words well they strengthen their souls.

All the arts are brothers; each one is a light to the others.