The finest people, as people go, cannot help but betray a fair portion of fear and insecurity, even full-blown panic.

Madness, mayhem, erotic vandalism, devastation of innumerable souls - while we scream and perish, History licks a finger and turns the page.

Look at your body— A painted puppet, a poor toy Of jointed parts ready to collapse, A diseased and suffering thing With a head full of false imaginings. —The Dhammapada

Nonexistence never hurt anyone. Existence hurts everyone.

Most people learn to save themselves by artificially limiting the content of consciousness.

It has always seemed to me that my existence consisted purely and exclusively of nothing but the most outrageous nonsense.

The only value of this world lay in its power - at certain times - to suggest another world.

Officially there are no fates worse than death. Unofficially, there is a profusion of such fates. For some people, just living with the thought that they will die is a fate worse than death itself.

Everything is ultimately peculiar and ultimately ridiculous.

Consciousness has forced us into the paradoxical position of striving to be unself-conscious of what we are - hunks of spoiling flesh on disintegrating bones.

To my mind, a well-developed sense of humor is the surest indication of a person's humanity, no matter how black and bitter that humor may be.

As we all know, blinking lights means science.

Run to brilliance. Sprint to excellence. Soar to transcendence.

Industry and determination, Mister Kettle, can transform the difficult into the routine, " Grimm said.

We're eyeball to eyeball and I think the other fellow just blinked.

Delhi is my emotional home. I still dream of owning a home there.

To climb the highest peaks, to travel through… celestial space, to turn our searchlights upon domains of eternal darkness, that is what makes life worth living.

You members of this Conference are to be the architects of the better world. In your hands rests our future.

One of the main problems in families today is that we spend less and less time together.... Time together is precious time-time needed to talk, to listen, to encourage, and to show how to do things.

I suppose you're right about some perspectives. Just a few weeks ago, I thought you were a dickhead.

Give me five minutes and I can predict your financial future for the rest of your life.