Death does not frighten me, but dying obscurely and above all uselessly does.

Now more than ever do I realize that I will never be content with a sedentary life, that I will always be haunted by thoughts of a sun-drenched elsewhere.

The farther behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character.

Life on the open road is liberty... to be alone, to have few needs, to be unknown, everywhere a foreigner and at home, and to walk grandly and solitarily in conquest of the world.

A nomad I will remain for life, in love with distant and uncharted places.

But the vagrant owns the whole vast earth that ends only at the nonexistent horizon, and his empire is an intangible one, for his domination and enjoyment of it are things of the spirit.

One must never look for happiness: one meets it by the way.

For now it seems that by advancing into unknown territories, I entered into my life

I feel alone, free, and detached from everything in the world, and I'm happy.

From every ruin, life springs up again and everything that dies is born again.

The savage hatred I feel for crowds is getting worse, natural enemies that they are of imagination and of thought.

There is a nearly unerring, unconscious radar that zeros in on relationships that repeat our childhood experiences.

Controlling people do not like to be controlled. Controlling people do not like to have their agendas obstructed.

I like food. I like eating. And I don't want to deprive myself of good food.

Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers.

One of my students had written wistfully of a dream-school that would have "windows with trees in them.

The healthy man does not torture others.

The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms.

Holidays do bring out the craziness in everyone. This time of year tends to being out the insanity in otherwise normal people.

I believe that dreams - day dreams, you know, with your eyes wide open and your brain machinery whizzing - are likely to lead to the betterment of the world.

Alec Baldwin is so funny.