I had to stop hoping so much that a ship would rescue me. I should not count on outside help. Survival had to start with me. In my experience, a castaway’s worst mistake is to hope too much and to do too little. Survival starts by paying attention to what is close at hand and immediate. To look out with idle hope is tantamount to dreaming one’s life away.

...for everything has a trace of the divine in it.

Repetition is important in the training not only of animals but also of humans.

He's a shy man. Life has taught him not to show off what is most precious to him.

Japanese-owned cargo ship Tsimtsum, flying Panamanian flag, sank July 2nd, 1977, in Pacific, four days out of Manila. Am in lifeboat. Pi Patel my name. Have some food, some water, but Bengal tiger a serious problem. Please advise family in Winnepeg, Canada. Any help very much appreciated. Thank you.

You must take life the way it comes at you and make the best of it.

If there's only one nation in the sky, shouldn't all passports be valid for it?