The great and glorious masterpiece of humanity is to know how to live with a purpose. Sometimes I think we Americans are the loneliest people in the world. To be sure, we hunger for the power of affection, the self-acceptance that gives life. It is the oldest and strongest hunger in the world. But hungering is not enough.
Life is nothing but an animated form of death.
As in the physical world, so in the spiritual world, pain does not last forever. It's better to burn out than to fade away. Living a good life and living the good life are not the same thing. Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story. You never know when you're making a memory.