Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die; and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life.  Both life and death are parts of the same great adventure.-Theodore Roosevelt

My mission in life is not merely to survive but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.  -Maya Angelou

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.  -E.M. Forester

No one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell.  -Charles de Lint

The mind is its own place, and in itself / Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.  -John Milton

If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for the people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all. -Noam Chomsky

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world. – John Muir

This is the most beautiful place on earth. It is one of many such places. -Edward Abbey

Each of us stands at the center of space and time in a universe of possibility.  And just as a pebble tossed into water sends ripples flowing outward, so do our intentions ripple forth with the power to shape the world.  -Anonymous

I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can’t see from the center. -Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.