A part of you has grown in me. And so you see, it's you and me together forever and never apart, maybe in distance, but never in heart

It wouldn't take us long to discover the substance of that dream. It is found in those majestic words of the Declaration of Independence, words lifted to cosmic proportions: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by God, Creator, with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. This is a dream. It's a great dream.

The middle way is a view of life that avoids the extreme of misguided grasping born of believing there is something we can find, or buy, or cling to that will not change. And it avoids the despair and nihilism born from the mistaken belief that nothing matters, that all is meaningless.

How lucky I am to have known someone who was so hard to say goodbye to

True friendship is sitting together in silence and feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had.

Every son quotes his father, in words and in deeds.

If you can't win your race, make sure the guy ahead of you breaks the record.