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because he does not look at me as a kid trying to be something more than I am, I relax.
The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.”
‘Love is the only rational act.’
Am I being the person I want to be?’
As you grow, you learn more. If you stayed at twenty-two, you’d always be as ignorant as you were at twenty-two.
“You have to find what’s good and true and beautiful in your life as it is now.
You can’t substitute material things for love or for gentleness or for tenderness or for a sense of comradeship.
“There is no point in keeping vengeance or stubbornness. These things”—he sighed—“these things I so regret in my life. Pride. Vanity. Why do we do the things we do?”
“Death ends a life, not a relationship.”
Love is when you are as concerned about someone else’s situation as you are about your own.
