“Much of what we called "depression" was really dissatisfaction, a result of setting a bar impossibly high or expecting treasures we weren't willing to work for.”

“It's such a shame to waste time. We always think we have so much of it.”

“We all yearn for what we have lost. But sometimes, we forget what we have.”

“Most of us all walk around as if we're sleepwalking. We really don't experience the world fully, because we're half-asleep, doing things we automatically think we have to do.”

“The problem is that we don't believe that we are much alike as we are. Whites and blacks, Catholic and Protestants, men and women. If we saw each other as more alike, we might be very eager to join in one human family in this world, and to care about that family the way we care about our own.”

“With no loss or sacrifice, we can't appreciate what we have.”

“Sharing tales of those we've lost is how we keep from really losing them.”