Life is a train that stops at no stations; you either jump abroad or stand on the platform and watch as it passes.

We're fine together, just like this: Our silence protects us from ourselves

Of course, I'm aware of the animosities destroying brain cells on both sides, and I know all about the obstinacy of the warring parties, their refusal to reach an agreement, their devotion to their own murderous hatred.

Though there are things beyond our understanding, for the most part we are the architects of our own unhappiness.

You can know all there is to know about life and mankind, but what do you really know about yourself?

Music is the true breath of life. We eat so we won't starve to death. We sing so we can hear ourselves live.

Basically, being alive means keeping yourself ready for the sky to fall in on you at any time. If you start from the assumption that existence is only an ordeal, a test we have to pass, then you’re equipped to deal with its sorrows and its surprises. If you persist in expecting it to give you something it can’t give, that just proves that you haven’t understood anything. Take things as they come; don’t turn them into a drama. You’re not piloting the ship, you’re following the course of your destiny.