Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.

We cannot wish for that we know not.

We cannot solve the problem of terrorism by asserting our will on the world.

We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.

We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.

We do not choose to be born...We do not--most of us, choose to die, or the times or conditions of our death. But within all this realm of choicelessness, we do choose how we shall live--Courageously or in cowardice, Honorably or dishonorably, With purpose or adrift. We decide what is important and what is trivial. What makes us significant is what we DO, Or REFUSE TO DO. WE DECIDE and WE CHOOSE--and so we give definition to our lives.