I learned why 'out riding alone' is an oxymoron: An equestrian is never alone is always sensing the other being the mysterious but also understandable living being that is the horse.

Well I'm not a member of the permanent political establishment and I've learned quickly these last few days that if you're not a member in good standing of the Washington elite then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone.

I'm a teenager but I'm independent - I have my own apartment I have my own life. And I think I have learned more than any of those teenagers have in school. I learned to be responsible leaving my family and coming here alone.

The best thing I've learned is if you're going out never go out alone - you leave yourself vulnerable. If you've got someone else there you trust they can say be wary of that person. I probably used to be too trusting of people.

I have grown up alone. I've taken care of myself. I worked earned money and was independent at 18.

This is the highest wisdom that I own freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.

In my older age I've learned to take things slower because I used to be that total-fall-in-love-after-a-day guy.

I grew up on a farm in a small town where you do or say one thing and everybody knows about it. You see it happen there's always the town gossip - 'Oh did you hear about so and so or did you hear what went on in this household?' So I learned at a very young age just to keep my mouth shut.

I learned from a very young age that if I pursued the things that truly excited me that they would reward in more important ways like happiness.

At its best our age is an age of searchers and discoverers and at its worst an age that has domesticated despair and learned to live with it happily.