Dying is only one thing to be sad over... Living unhappily is something else.

We put our values in the wrong things. And it leads to very disillusioned lives.

The truth is, part of me is every age. I delight in being a child when it’s appropriate to be a child. I delight in being a wise old man when it’s appropriate to be a wise old man. Think of all I can be! I am every age, up to my own.

Do I wither up and disappear, or do I make the best of my time left?

We have a sense that we should be like the mythical cowboy... able to take on and conquer anything and live in the world without the need for other people.

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

People are only mean when they're threatened… and that's what our culture does. That's what our economy does. Even people who have jobs in our economy are threatened, because they worry about losing them. And when you get threatened, you start looking out only for yourself. You start making money a god. It is all part of this culture.