Quotes about "Space & Cosmic Perspective"

I'm afraid of elevators, because they are an enclosed space, but I get in. ”

For a while, the world for me was like a set of monkey bars. I swung from one place to the next, sometimes backward, sometimes forward, capitalizing on my own momentum, knowing that at some point my arms... would give out, and I'd fall to the ground. ”

I went through an extremely trying ordeal, but I never forgot the world outside was a beautiful place. ”

I think it's the human spirit inside of all of us that has an enormous capacity to survive. ”

My faith in human decency was sorely tested at times during my captivity; however, after my release, I am humbly reminded that mankind is inherently good by the tremendous efforts and support of fellow Canadians. ”

My talk show takes place in bed, in Italy. ”

I know that Perugia is probably the least-welcome place for me in the entire world. ”

I am a marked person, and no one who's unmarked is going to understand that. It's very intimidating. I don't even know what my place is anymore. What's my role in society? Who am I, after everybody has branded me? ”

When we label human beings and flatten them to just a splashy headline, we lose decency and the truth. ”

I've gained a seriousness that has to do with a certain perspective, a gratitude for being able to see the importance of things. And that lends itself a gravity to everything. And that is something that I sort of carry as a weight but a good weight inside of me. ”