I worked because I could control it.

I believe the biggest themes of life are put into the best focus when held up against the very sharp light of mortality.

the pain we suffer is a way to make us appreciate what comes next.

I took my orders, too. But if i couldn't keep you alive, I thought I could at least keep you together. In the middle of a big war, you go looking for a small idea to believe in. When you find one, you hold it the way a soldier holds his crucifix when he's praying in a foxhole.

Fear is how you lose your life...a little bit at a time...What we give to fear, we take away from...faith.

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.