“Civilization... wrecks the planet from seafloor to stratosphere.”

“At last, the answer why. The lesson that had been so hard to find, so difficult to learn, came quick and clear and simple. The reason for problems is to overcome them. Why, that’s the very nature of man, I thought, to press past limits, to prove his freedom. It isn’t the challenge that faces us, that determines who we are and what we are becoming, but the way we meet the challenge, whether we toss a match at the wreck or work our way through it, step by step, to freedom.”

“Boredom between two people doesn't come from being together physically. It comes from being apart mentally and spiritually.”

“Character comes from following our highest sense of right, from trusting ideas without being sure they’ll work.”

“Don't turn away from possible futures before you're certain you don't have anything to learn from them.”

“Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness.”

“Every choice is made in the uncaring blind, no guarantees from the world around us.”