For nature is good, an man is 'by nature' good; it is civilization which ruins him

Life consists of a long chain of coincidences.

A hydrogen atom in a cell at the end of my nose was once part of an elephant's trunk. A carbon atom in my cardiac muscle was once in the tail of a dinosaur.

Wasn’t it extraordinary to be in the world right now, wandering around in a wonderful adventure!

Yes, we too are stardust.

...long before the child learns to talk properly-and long before it learns to think philosophically-the world will have become a habit. A pity, if you ask me.

I sat thinking how terribly sad it was that people are made in such a way that they get used to something as incredible as living. One day we suddenly take the fact that we exist for granted - and then, yes, then we don’t think about it anymore until we are about to leave the world again.