It’s not just other people we need to forgive. We also need to forgive ourselves. For all the things we didn’t do. All the things we should have done. You can’t get stuck on the regrets of what should have happened. I always wished I had done more with my work; I wished I had written more books. I used to beat myself up over it. Now I see that never did any good. Make peace. You need to make peace with yourself and everyone around you.

I give myself a good cry if I need it, but then I concentrate on all good things still in my life.

It's the thinking that gets you killed.

Love is the only rational act.

You're not going to fix things by helping 65-year-olds or 75-year-olds for any long run.

Well, for one thing, the culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. We're teaching the wrong things. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it. Create your own. Most people can't do it.

When we are most alone is when we embrace another's loneliness.