Universal Questions

There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.

"Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see."

The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning.

Change

To find yourself, think for yourself.

Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.

Why is man curious?

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life

When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.