When I talk to people who feel this emptiness and lack of fulfillment, I recommend they find a source of balance in their lives. I suggest they find a way to "give back" to the world in order to feel a sense of completeness.

Integrity means being whole, unbroken, undivided. It describes a person who has united the different parts of his or her personality, so there is no longer a split in the soul ... For the person of integrity, life may not be easy but it is simple: Figure out what is right and do it. All other considerations come in second.

Integrity is not something that grownups have and adolescents can aspire to. Integrity is something that all of us, at all ages, are constantly striving for.

I think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to make sense.

God, who neither causes nor prevents tragedies, helps by inspiring people to help.

There are some things we should feel guilty about, but the guilt feelings should attach to the deed, not to the doer.

Children need parents who will let them grow up to be themselves, but parents often have personal agendas they try to impose on their children.