“I came here to be for all and with all,and what I do today in my solitudewill be echoed tomorrow by the multitude.What I say now with one heartwill be said tomorrow by thousands of hearts…”

“..we all have to do things in this life that we don’t like..”

“There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.”

“Someone dying asks if there is life after death. Yes, comes the answer, only not yours.”

“Dovresti imparare a non avere paura.”

“His eyes drifted leisurely back up to my face and he smiled at me appreciatively, “Kelsey, when a man spends time with a beautiful woman, he needs to pace himself. I quirked my eyebrow at him and laughed. “Yeah, I’m a regular marathon alright.” He kissed my fingers. “Exactly. A wise man never sprints…in a marathon.”

“Only when we recognize our shortcomings can we begin to remedy them. Only when we perceive our true strengths can we leverage their power. And only when we seek what we don’t know can we really start to learn.”

“I’m forever near a stereo saying, ‘What the fuck is this garbage?’ And the answer is always the Red Hot Chili Peppers.”

“Several Terminal Policy readers got together to tell Raker jokes: – Raker CAN piss into the wind. – Raker donates a lot of blood to the Red Cross — just never his own. – Superman wears Raker pajamas. – When Raker jumps into the pool, he doesn’t get wet — the pool gets Raker. – Why did the chicken cross the road? Because Raker THREW her there!! – Raker’s daughter lost her virginity … he got it back. – Raker doesn’t cheat death, he wins fair and square. – Raker turns on a light at night … not because he’s afraid of the dark but because the dark is afraid of him.- When the boogy man goes to bed he checks under his bed for Raker.- Don’t tread on Raker’s cape!”

“A positive person discusses possibilities. A negative person discusses problems. A cynic is oblivious to positivity and negativity.”

“Astonishment is the root of philosophy.”

“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.”

“Prophet,’ he said, ‘Your doctrines I do not know; therefore if I accepted them, I would do it out of fear like a coward and a base man. Are you anxious that your faith be professed by cowards and base people?”

“If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of.”

“Why do you believe in God?” the woman asked me in the busy corridor. I don’t remember the answer I gave. It was probably too long and rattled in her ears. I wish I could go back and answer her again. “Because HE believes in me,” I would say. Isn’t that enough?”