I want to be remembered as a person who, or as an artist who provided comfort for people.

My chief consolation in this year of living dyingly has been the presence of friends.

Making Others Feel Comfortable.

Friends are an aid to the young, to guard them from error; to the elderly, to attend to their wants and to supplement their failing power of action; to those in the prime of life, to assist them to noble deeds.

I wish I could comfort all who suffer from the heart. Will you let me be your friend, and will you come to me for comfort if you need it?

I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings.

One must always infuse comfort and hope.

When you are young, have friends who are older; when you are old, have friends who are younger.

Here I have established my Rome, my Athens, and my spiritual fatherland; here I gather all the friends I now have or did have, not only those ... who have lived with me, but also those who died many centuries ago, known to me only through their writings. ... I am where I wish to be.

better to be close to her family at my age.

A young man needs friends to serve as guides and counselors, confidantes and role-models. The mature man is capable of meaningful undertakings only when his actions are undergirded by the support of others. And the elderly seek strength in their time of weakness and, ultimately, in their struggle for survival, in companionship and affection. Even if there is love at first sight, there is no friendship that does not demand time and space to reach its perfection. The ancient proverb states, and rightly so, that two friends cannot truly know each other without having first shared a bag of salt.

To live among friends is the primary essential of happiness.

the least i could do was to make life more comfortable for the needy as long as God desires, today am grateful to God for using me to touch the life of Mama, who represents millions of indigent and vulnerable elderly people that matters to me

I would hope that people see me as a shepherd and that people will grow to trust me. Trust is important in our life together, and I want to do what I can to establish trust. As for how I would like people to understand me, I would appreciate people recognizing that my task is to establish, along with the clergy and lay faithful, a vision for our future in southern Illinois. A key responsibility I have is to foster and preserve unity among us as we move into the future.