The best way to avoid responsibility is to say, 'I've got responsibilities.

Remember where you came from, where you're going, and why you created this mess you got yourself into in the first place.

What would our lives be like without tests, odds against us, adventure, risk?

Mistakes - call them unexpected learning experiences.

Nobody comes to Earth to dodge problems. We come here to take 'em on.

We [people] have the power to destroy ourselves as well as the environment. As a species we love what I'd call brinks-person-ship, going right to the edge of disaster and somehow managing to pull back and recover. But my bet is still on the creative and playful and positive in the species. I think we will manage to survive and gradually turn things around.

There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts.