“The world needs you more than you can think of! Do your best to make this place better.”

“The point of life was to press on, to do the best you can, to make the world a better place.”

“That's all I've ever dreamed of, Mr. Bones. To make the world a better place. To bring some beauty to the drab humdrum corners of the soul. You can do it with a toaster, you can do it with a poem, you can do it by reaching out your hand to a stranger. It doesn't matter what form it takes. To leave the world a little better than you found it. That's the best a man can ever do.”

“What you have to do is find something or someone that will make your surviving worthwhile. Find a cause that moves you. Find a woman who need you. Just fucking find something you can do to make the world a better place for at least one other person.”

“Unless you think you can do better than Tolstoy, we don’t need you.”

“To leave the world a little better than you found it. That's the best a man can ever do.”