So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things.

Because if you've found meaning in your life, you don't want to go back. You want to go forward.

These were people so hungry for love that they were accepting substitutes. There were embracing material things and expecting a sort of hug back. But it never works. You can't substitute material things for love or for gentleness or for tenderness or for a sense of comradeship. Money is no substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness. I can tell you as I'm sitting here dying, when you most need it, neither money nor power will give you the feeling you're looking for, no matter how much of them you have.

Build a little community of those you love and who love you

Everyone knows they're going to die, but nobody believes it.

If the culture doesn't work, don't buy it.

You don't understand. You're not a wave. You're part of the ocean.