Pride is a thing that I have tried to abandon completely. Try as I might, pride still creeps into many of the things I do.

So I'm more at home with my backpack, sleeping in a hotel room or on a bus or on an airplane, than I am necessarily on a bed. It's weird being here. It feels like I'm standing next to my real life.

Nelson Mandela will always be the face of South Africa. The traveler passing through the country will see Mandela's face almost everywhere he looks. Truly, the man is omnipresent.

You can still function as a living ruin.

Muscle mass does not always equal strength. Strength is kindness and sensitivity. Strength is understanding that your power is both physical and emotional. That it comes from the body and the mind. And the heart.

I try to be well informed. I don't know how well I do all the time, but I try nonetheless.

Without an education, you won't have a future.