I do my best work when I am in pain and turmoil.

Humans make the mistake of believing that it is their right to survive. Species die out on this planet all the time without anyone noticing. The planet will still be there, and we must lose this attitude of divine right, that something will save us.

I don't think happiness is necessarily the reason we're here. I think we're here to learn and evolve, and the pursuit of knowledge is what alleviates the pain of being human.

You have to be yourself. Stay true to who and what you are. And if people still like you, that's great! If they don't, that's their problem.

Takes more than combat boots to make a man.

Melancholy is no bad thing.

The logical process will often be the safe one. I tend, when I'm given that choice, to go the way that's not safe.