I think that there is nothing not even crime more opposed to poetry to philosophy ay to life itself than this incessant business.

In this world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes.

Anybody can have a birthday. It requires nothing. Murderers have birthdays. It's the opposite of anything that I believe in. And I don't like at work where you stop everything to sing 'Happy Birthday' to someone. I feel like that's for children.

Every job is good if you do your best and work hard. A man who works hard stinks only to the ones that have nothing to do but smell.

No human being is constituted to know the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth and even the best of men must be content with fragments with partial glimpses never the full fruition.

Meditation is all about the pursuit of nothingness. It's like the ultimate rest. It's better than the best sleep you've ever had. It's a quieting of the mind. It sharpens everything especially your appreciation of your surroundings. It keeps life fresh.

The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out.

Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.

If you believe in what you are doing then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.

Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can write will be the best you are.