Albert Camus
One is not born into the world to do everything but to do something.
Henry David Thoreau
The true man is revealed in difficult times. So when trouble comes, think of yourself as a wrestler whom God, like a trainer, has paired with a tough young buck. For what purpose? To turn you into Olympic class material.
Epictetus
Culture, which we put on like an overcoat, is the collectivized consensus about what sort of neurotic behaviors are acceptable.
Terence McKenna
I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones.
John Cage
Language can become a screen which stands between the thinker and reality. This is the reason why true creativity often starts where language ends.
Arthur Koestler