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> [Avoiding risk is not much of a goal...whether you crawl into a hole or walk a high wire, nobody gets out of here alive. We cannot grow without challenge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-callahan/avoiding-risk-is-not-much-of-a-goal-whether-you-crawl-into-a-hole-or/)

[Steven Callahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-callahan/)

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## More by Steven Callahan

> [There is a magnificent intensity in life that comes when we are not in control but are only reacting, living, surviving. I am not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-callahan/there-is-a-magnificent-intensity-in-life-that-comes-when-we-are-not/)

[Steven Callahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-callahan/)

> [This life is full of trials and tribulations, so you have to capture humor whenever and wherever you can find it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-callahan/this-life-is-full-of-trials-and-tribulations-so-you-have-to-capture/)

[Steven Callahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-callahan/)

> [“To my mind, voyaging through wildernesses, be they full of woods or waves, is essential to the growth and maturity of the human spirit.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-callahan/to-my-mind-voyaging-through-wildernesses-be-they-full-of-woods-or/)

[Steven Callahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-callahan/)

> [Avoiding risk is not much of a goal...whether you crawl into a hole or walk a high wire, nobody gets out of here alive.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-callahan/avoiding-risk-is-not-much-of-a-goal-whether-you-crawl-into-a-hole-or/)

[Steven Callahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-callahan/)

> [“There is a magnificent intensity in life that comes when we are not in control but are only reacting, living, surviving.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-callahan/there-is-a-magnificent-intensity-in-life-that-comes-when-we-are-not-2/)

[Steven Callahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-callahan/)

> [“In addition to the little ecosystem developing around my raft, I am constantly surrounded by a display of natural wonders. The acrobatic dorados perform…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-callahan/in-addition-to-the-little-ecosystem-developing-around-my-raft-i-am/)

[Steven Callahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-callahan/)

> [“Ooh ho!” he says. “In such a small boat? Tonto!” Fool. “It’s not so small, it’s my whole house.” The old man gestures toward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-callahan/ooh-ho-he-says-in-such-a-small-boat-tonto-fool-it-s-not-so-small-it-s/)

[Steven Callahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-callahan/)

> [My plight has given me a strange kind of wealth, the most important kind. I value each moment that is not spent in pain,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-callahan/my-plight-has-given-me-a-strange-kind-of-wealth-the-most-important/)

[Steven Callahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-callahan/)

> [“I write in my log that it is a view of heaven from a seat in hell. My”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-callahan/i-write-in-my-log-that-it-is-a-view-of-heaven-from-a-seat-in-hell-my/)

[Steven Callahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-callahan/)

> [“The heartfelt realization of one's insignificance yields a calming sense of being completely connected to the greater whole. As a tiny part of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-callahan/the-heartfelt-realization-of-one-s-insignificance-yields-a-calming/)

[Steven Callahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-callahan/)

> [A view of heaven from a seat in hell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-callahan/a-view-of-heaven-from-a-seat-in-hell/)

[Steven Callahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-callahan/)

> [The sea remains the greatest wilderness. To my mind, voyaging through wildernesses, be they full of woods or waves, is essential to the growth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-callahan/the-sea-remains-the-greatest-wilderness-to-my-mind-voyaging-through/)

[Steven Callahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-callahan/)

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