Serious thinkers are few, and the world is ruled by crude ideas.

We choose a path, but not what’s on it.

You destruct the attention the world gives you when you mistrust your own ability

I get it. I haven’t seen much of the real world yet. But let’s say I do get out there… and it turns out that it’s not even worth seeing? Or even worse.. what if...

Those for whom the world is not enough: saints, conquerors, poets, and all lovers of books.

He looks at Mr. Vacanti and the man looks back at him with somehow gentle eyes. It surprises David to see the man has gentle eyes. It surprises him, even at thirty-seven, to discover that...

The difference between me and other people is that they all walk around with onion skins wrapped around them. Pre-meditations, pretentions, the faces that they present to the world, the faces that they present to...

Look up at the moon; don’t think about yourself.

You are a cynical man, Mr. Pleasant.””We live in cynical times, Miss Cain.

Why bother? Maybe the world’s not worth saving.” She knew he meant it, too. Those lifeless eyes spoke volumes.

There’s and entire world outside these bleak pages, one full of SUNRISES and KITTY-CATS and late-night BURRITO RUNS and the horrible, creaking amble of us all towards DEATH. It is to that world that I...

The sheep vs. goats analogy is presumptuous. I define the world in general to be the people who populate it without assignment of an either/or category in presumption of their final and ultimate choice as...

It is when you lose sight of yourself, that you lose your way. To keep your truth in sight you must keep yourself in sight and the world to you should be a mirror to...

I don’t believe in the inner journey. Real life is lived outdoors.

in these shitty plastic days …

Unconditional love is something people achieve once they’ve given themselves over completely to someone. Once they’ve decided that no matter what the other person does, they will always love them.