“Man would rather have the void as purpose than be void of purpose.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

“What is most beautiful in virile men is something feminine. What is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine.” – Susan Sontag

“The true spirit of conversation consists more in bringing out the cleverness of others than in showing a great deal of it yourself; he who goes away pleased with himself and his own wit is also greatly pleased with you. Most men…seek less to be instructed, and even to be amused, than to be praised and applauded.” – Jean de La Bruyere

“I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.” – Sir Isaac Newton

“The desire for more positive experience is itself a negative experience. And, paradoxically, the acceptance of one’s negative experience is itself a positive experience.” – Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving  a Fuck

“Nobody cares how much you know until he knows how much you care.” – Collins Atendido

“The man who has no inner life is the slave of his surroundings.” – Henri Frederic Amiel

“The most important thing in life is not to capitalize on our gains but to profit from our losses.” – William Bolitho

“A winner knows how much he still has to learn, even when he is considered an expert by others. A loser wants to be considered an expert by others, before he has learned enough to know how little he knows.” – Sydney J. Harris

“Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.” – George S. Patton