The purpose of education is to save young people from the paralyzing effects of wealth and poverty. (more or less verbatim quote)

There is more to us than we know. If we can be made to see it, perhaps for the rest of our lives we will be unwilling to settle for less.

There exists within everyone a grand passion, an outlandish thirst for adventure, a desire to live boldly and vividly through the journey of life.

We are all better than we know. If only we can be brought to realise this, we may never be prepared to settle for anything less

It is a sin of the soul to force young people into opinions ... but it is culpable neglect not to impel young people into experiences.

Think highly of yourself because the world takes you at your own estimate.

Without the instinct for adventure, any civilization, however enlightened; any state, however well-ordered, will wilt and wither.

There is more in you than you think.

Your disability is your opportunity.

Whenever you have to deal with a boy who is a rebel, remember that you must not fail at some time or other to get him to face the question, Are you going to be a fighter or a quarreller?

The passion of rescue reveals the highest dynamic of the human soul.

Don’t let a day go by without asking who you are…each time you let a new ingredient to enter your awareness.

Do not grieve so much for a husband lost that it wastes away your life.

If someone asked you what color the sky is, what would you say?

The best advice I can give to anyone going through a rough patch is to never be afraid to ask for help.

If investments in banks fall, it is a tragedy, and people say, 'What are we going to do?' but if people die of hunger, have nothing to eat or suffer from poor health, that's nothing.

Punctuality is the thief of adventure.

Zane Smith is a guy who can shut you out as well as look at you.

What's next for me? I don't know. So I'm in exactly the same boat as many of you.

Like two sparrows in a hurricane trying to find their way.

Plot is a literary convention. Story is a force of nature.