It's never too late in life to have a genuine adventure.

Stories were heirlooms in these parts.

It wasn't who a person believed himself to be or what he pretended he would do in a given situation. It was what he did when he got there that defined him.

The feeling of a place was the best reason to go.

Sometimes the imagination could be even crueler than the bone saw.

Even their downtime was epic.

Reputation became the pirates' sharpest sword.

It was too late for he and his father to have an adventure, and NOTHING seemed to have any color anymore.

...it was easy to get an incomplete picture of the world if one relied solely on experts, and how important is would be to further rely on oneself

Real pirates were better than in movies, more daring and terrifying and cunning than any screenwriter could imagine. They operated during the Golden Age of Piracy, from 1650 to 1720.

Finally, you are in the most magical world having the most wonderful time. Let us not fill it with stress or anxieties.

A rich person is just a poor person with a crown and elaborate clothing, and a poor person is just a rich person with a crownless head and ragged clothing.

Empathic, emotionally intelligent work environments have a good track record of increasing creativity, improving problem solving and raising productivity.

You need energy and life force to see and feel what you need to do. Otherwise you are in a dark room and you can't tell what's going on. You need to practice meditation.

Children don’t need beating. They need love and encouragement. They need fathers to whom they can look with respect rather than fear. Above all, they need example.

The burned hand teaches best. After that, advice about fire goes to the heart.

And it can be a way of healing.

I remember when I was in my late teens just getting rid of lots of records, realizing I only ever listened to them when I was reading, or watching TV, or doing something else.

The obsession with instant gratification blinds us from our long-term potential.

The women's movement hit my neighborhood like a freight train. Everybody got divorced. You wonder what would have happened to women if the suburbs hadn't been built.