It takes billions of years to create a human being. And it takes only a few seconds to die.

Life is both sad and solemn. We are led into a wonderful world, we meet one another here, greet each other---and wander together for a brief moment. Then we lose each other and disappear as suddenly and unreasonably as we arrived.

When you realize there is something you don't understand, then you're generally on the right path to understanding all kinds of things.

Although you may not stumble across a Martian in the garden, you might stumble across yourself. The day that happens, you'll probably also scream a little. And that'll be perfectly all right, because it's not every day you realize you're a living planet dweller on a little island in the universe.

The question of whether a thing is right or wrong, good or bad, must always be considered in relation to a persons needs.

When we look up at the sky, we are trying to find the way to ourselves.

...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.