I always had a really natural faith as a kid. Where I knew God existed and it felt very free and pretty wild and natural, and it wasnt religious. – Bear Grylls
Youre not human if you dont feel fear. But Ive learnt to treat fear as an emotion that sharpens me. Its there to give me that edge for what I have to do. – Bear Grylls
Americans are cool if you show just a chink of vulnerability, they respond so much. Theyll pat you on the arm and say, Hey kid, youre all right. Brits will respond but they are much more cynical. – Bear Grylls
And Jesus, the heart of the Christian faith is the wildest, most radical guy youd ever come across. – Bear Grylls
It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. – A. Bartlett Giamatti, "The Green Fields of the Mind," Yale Alumni Magazi