Friedrich Nietzsche

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

In music the passions enjoy themselves.

In heaven all the interesting people are missing.

To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

Enduring habits I hate…. Yes, at the very bottom of my soul I feel grateful to all my misery and bouts of sickness and everything about me that is imperfect, because this sort of thing leaves me with a hundred backdoors through which I can escape from enduring habits.

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.

Before enlightnment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightnment, chop wood, carry water.

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

I feel the presence of a higher power. I believe that what you give is what you get. It’s universal law. I believe in the power of prayer and of words. I’ve learned that when you predict that negative things will happen, they do.

To a brave man, good and bad luck are like his left and right hand. He uses both.

The concept known as bal tashchit – ‘Do no destroy’ – has a special significance in Jewish tradition…We are constantly being warned in our faith that the capricious, thoughtless, wasteful destruction of the elements and creatures of the earth is wrong…We should remind ourselves daily of our responsibility to all aspects of creation.

I prayed for your peace even if you started this whole war in me.

I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world.

I’m an atheist and I thank God for it.

Being neededdoes not entail selfish pride or unhealthy attachment to the worldly esteem of others. Rather, it consists of a natural human hunger to serve our fellow men and women.

As a bee gathering nectar does not harm or disturb the color & fragrance of the flower; so do the wise move through the world.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

I think every person should have some faith inside him, in his heart. What matters is not an external display of this faith, but the inner state of the soul.

Jesus tapped me on the shoulder and said, Bob, why are you resisting me? I said, I’m not resisting you! He said, You gonna follow me? I said, I’ve never thought about that before! He said, When you’re not following me, you’re resisting me.

Not only higher forms of life but also many of the smallest insects are social beings who, without any religion, law or education, survive by mutual cooperation based on an innate recognition of their interconnectedness.

What is a soul? It’s like electricity – we don’t really know what it is, but it’s a force that can light a room.