“Unless you progress a step or a half-step more than yesterday, you haven't really lived today.”

“Living in a world such as this is like dancing on a live volcano.”

“If you are fortunate enough to enjoy great success, you should never forget the spirit of the beginner, and not grow indolent and arrogant.”

“Since living is believing, no one can be completely lacking in faith.”

“Some nonreligious people are disgruntled by the word "faith," feeling that it has no connection to them. But we all have faith. Broadly speaking, "faith" does not apply only to belief in the supernatural. We have faith in our life, for example, believing we will live to see tomorrow, or in our health, believing we have years of healthy life ahead of us. Husbands and wives, parents and children have faith in one another.”

“Absent a sense of the preciousness of one's own life, why respect the life of anyone else?”

“On the Brevity of Our TiesTies in this world last only for a time. We are husband and wife, parent and child, for a short period only. Once this reality sinks in, we cannot help treasuring each moment of our brief association.”