On life and living: you have to live life to the limit
On being with others: to be a part, that is fulfillment for us
On work: get up cheerfully on days you have to work
On difficulty and adversity: the measure by which we may know our strength
On childhood and education: this joy in daily discovery
On nature: it knows nothing of us
On solitude: the loneliest people above all contribute most to commonality
On illness and recovery: pain tolerates no interpretation
On loss, dying, and death: even time does not "console"... it puts things in the place and creates order
On language: that vast, humming, and swinging syntax
On art: art presents itself as a way of life
On faith: a direction of the heart
On goodness and morality: nothing good, once it has come into existence, may be suppressed
On love: there is no force in the world but love.
