As long as humankind recklessly proceeds in the fateful delusion of being biologically fated for triumph, nothing essential will change.

We come from an inconceivable nothingness. We stay a while in something which seems equally inconceivable, only to vanish again into the inconceivable nothingness.

Each new generation asks – What is the meaning of life? A more fertile way of putting the question would be – Why does man need a meaning to life?

To bear children into this world is like carrying wood to a burning house.

The more a human being in his worldview approaches the goal, the hegemony of love in a moral universe, the more has he become slipshod in the light of intellectual honesty.

Know yourselves- be infertile and let the earth be silent after ye.

If one regards life and death as natural processes, the metaphysical dread vanishes, and one obtains peace of mind.

For me, a desert island is no tragedy, neither is a deserted planet.

A coin is turned around before it is handed to the beggar, yet a child is unflinchingly tossed into cosmic bruteness.

The seed of a metaphysical or religious defeat is in us all. For the honest questioner, however, who doesn't seek refuge in some faith or fantasy, there will never be an answer.

Jesus must have been a psychopath

Data that comes subliminally and is acted upon will look like luck or inspiration.

Give me one manfrom among ten thousandif he is the best

Dad was a strict disciplinarian and would give us a wallop with a wooden spoon if we were out of order. But we really respected him - he didn't try to be our best friend.

To focus means to bring your attention to the center, to concentrate on one thing intently in order to gain clarity.

Just like when there's a time that a smart person knows enough is enough, there's a time when you know you've got to fight.

Bread of Life? Jesus lived up to the title. But an unopened loaf does a person no good. Have you received the bread? Have you received God's forgiveness?

I decided to always sing in the back with the chorus and never went up front because I had trouble performing.

People say there's a book in everyone but I'm not sure there is. There might be a pamphlet in me.

There should be no distasteful tasks in one's life. If you just hate to do a thing, that hatred for it develops body-destructive toxins, and you become fatigued very soon.

Anonymously perform acts of kindness, expecting nothing in return-not even a thank you.