One of the great dreams of man must be to find some place between the extremes of nature and civilization where it is possible to live without regret.

To put your hands in a river is to feel the chords that bind the earth together.

The land is like poetry: it is inexplicably coherent, it is transcendent in its meaning, and it has the power to elevate a consideration of human life.

If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive.

We cannot, of course, save the World because we do not have authority over its parts. We can serve the world though. That is everyone's calling, to lead a life that helps.

The interior landscape responds to the character and subtlety of the exterior landscape; the shape of the individual mind is affected by the land as it is by genes.

Everything is held together with stories. That is all that is holding us together, stories and compassion.

The land gets inside of us; and we must decide one way or another what this means, what we will do about it.

real beauty is so deep you have to move into darkness to understand it.

Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive.

We simply do not understand our place in the universe and have not the courage to admit it.

What we all must decide is how we are valuable rather than how valuable we are.

Live honestly to a higher note. Life is too short. So, do the best you can and live your life to a higher note.

Sure, retarded jokes write themselves. But the spelling is always way off.

Psychologically, when you've been overweight you want to achieve the polar opposite.

Anytime I was challenged and told I couldn't do something, I would absolutely have to prove the opposite. And I did.

I just love putting on a show. I get a tremendous sense of community out of it.

If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.

Time is a beast who has the immense patience to swallow everything.

[Gratitude is] the cheerfulness of wisdom.

Novelty has charms that our minds can hardly withstand.