The happiest people I know are people who don't even think about being happy. They just think about being good neighbors, good people. And then happiness sort of sneaks in the back window while they are busy doing good.

Why bad things happen to good people

We teach children how to measure and how to weigh. We fail to teach them how to revere, how to sense wonder and awe.

Our souls are not hungry for fame, comfort, wealth, or power. Our souls are hungry for meaning, for the sense that we have figured out how to live so that our lives matter.

The circumstances of your life have uniquely qualified you to make a contribution. And if you don't make that contribution, nobody else can make it.

When facing a dilemma, choose the more morally demanding alternative.

History is written by winners, so most history books are about people who win.