"I'd always been interested in psychology."

"We have a sense that we should be like the mythical cowboy... able to take on and conquer anything and live in the world without the need for other people."

"What tipped the scales was that psychology involved working with rats."

"One hundred and ten years from now no one who is here now will be alive."

"Dying is only one thing to be sad over... Living unhappily is something else."

"After you have wept and grieved for your physical losses, cherish the functions and the life you have left."

"So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things."

"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in."

"It's not to late to... ask yourself if you really are the person you want to be, and if not, who you do want to be."

"It's not too late to develop new friendships or reconnect with people."

"The little things, I can obey. But the big things - how we think, what we value - those you must choose yourself. You can't let anyone - or any society - determine those for you."

"Because if you've found meaning in your life, you don't want to go back. You want to go forward."

"When you look at it that way, you can see how absurd it is that we individualize ourselves with our fences and hoarded possessions."