That we cannot rise equal to situations when we are in them — that is the tragedy of life.

I was a philosopher when still in swaddling clothes. I was against life, on principle. What principle? The principle of futility.

Destiny is what you are supposed to do in life. Fate is what kicks you in the ass to make you do it.

Life is constantly providing us with new funds, new resources, even when we are reduced to immobility. In life's ledger there is no such thing as frozen assets.