“I read for growth, firmly believing that what you are today and what you will be in 5 years depends on two things: the people you meet and the books you read.”

“We imagine things- that we wouldn’t be able to survive, but in fact, we do survive. We have no choice, so we do it.”

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”

“Our very lives depend on the ethics of strangers, and most of us are always strangers to other people.”

“To the outside world we all grow old. But not to brothers and sisters. We know each other as we always were. We know each other’s hearts. We share private family jokes. We remember family feuds and secrets, family griefs and joys. We live outside the touch of time.”

“It’s better to be kind than to be right.”