“I want to be thoroughly used up when I die for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.”

“There is no love sincerer than the love of food.”

“[H]e is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.”

“The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.”

“The man with toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound.The poverty stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man.”

“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”

“I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul.”

“Fear and doubt are major stampeders.”

“We both keep quiet. Again.Today just seems like a day for it. Its easier that way. You dont have to say things you dont want to say because once the words are out, youll have to confront them.Confr...”

“The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't li...”

“I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.”

“Fear is all in the mind”

“The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.”

“Capable psychonauts who think about thinking, about states of mind, about set and setting, can get things done not because they have more willpower or drive, but because they know productivity is a...”

“If you fail to believe you will procrastinate or become idealustic about how awesome you are at working hard and managing your time, you never develop a strategy for outmaneuvering your own weakness.”