The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.

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

I used to be a classic workaholic, and after seeing how little work and career really mean when you reach the end of your life, I put a new emphasis on things I believe count more. These things include: family, friends, being part of a community, and appreciating the little joys of the average day.

There's a story behind everything..but behind all your stories is always your mother's story..because hers is where yours begins.

Each affects the other, and the other affects the next, and the world is full of stories, but the stories are all one.

There is a big confusion in this country over what we want verses what we need...you need food. You want a chocolate sundae.

He cried that night for all that he had lost, but he would say it taught him a valuable lesson: that holding on to things "will only break your heart.