I believe in being fully present. That means you should be with the person you’re with.

Maybe death is the great equalizer, the one big thing that can finally make strangers shed a tear for one another

The little things, I can obey. But the big things - how we think, what we value - those you must choose yourself. You can't let anyone - or any society - determine those for you.

It's not too late to develop new friendships or reconnect with people.

Be compassionate, and take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be so much a better place.

If you don’t have the support and love and caring and concern that you get from a family, you don’t have much at all.

We're involved in trillions of little acts just to keep going.