An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.

In life the challenge is not so much to figure out how best to play the game; the challenge is to figure out what game you’re playing.

In a time of destruction, create something.

90 percent of success is not getting distracted.

It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.

One of the best secrets of a happy life is the art of extracting comfort and sweetness from every circumstance.

People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you're not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on TV making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the most sophisticated technology the world has ever seen and they bully you with it. They are The Advertisers and they are laughing at you. You, however, are forbidden to touch them. Trademarks, intellectual property rights and copyright law mean advertisers can say what they like wherever they like with total impunity. Fuck that. Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It's yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.

You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing, you especially don't owe them any courtesy. They owe you. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs.

No one wants a boss, to be a boss, to work under a boss. The people you like working with are the people you respect as individuals.

Hope clouds observation.

A positive mindset won't carry you to victory, but a negative one guarantees defeat.

Courage is knowing it might hurt, and doing it anyway. Stupidity is the same. And that's why life is hard.

What I’m really concerned about is reaching one person. And that person may be myself for all I know.

The cold water doesn't get warmer if you jump late.

And once the storm is over, you won't remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won't even be sure whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won't be the same person who walked in. That's what this storm's all about.

This constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore.

A people that can no longer distinguish between truth and lies cannot distinguish between right and wrong.

And such a people, deprived of the power to think and judge, is, without knowing and willing it, completely subjected to the rule of lies.

With such a people, you can do whatever you want.

To write well all you need to do is develop your mind. If you have thought deeply, nearly everything looks interesting.

He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch.

If there is no wind, row.

- Latin proverb

Against criticism we can neither protect nor defend ourselves; we must act in despite of it, and gradually it resigns itself to this.

Not your friend but your enemy will tell you who you are.

-- Greek proverb