But hurting ourselves to inflict pain on others is just another cry to be loved.

We don't see what we could be. We should be looking at our potential, stretching ourselves into everything we can become.

I asked myself, 'Am I going to withdraw from the world, like most people do, or am I going to live?' I decided I am going to live - or at least try to live - the way I want, with dignity, with courage, with humor, with composure.

One withers, another grows.

Courage is confused with picking up arms and cowardness is confused with laying them down.

Invest in the human family. Invest in people. Build a little community of those you love and who love you.

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