“Why does everybody agree that atmospheric oxygen… comes from life, but no one speaks about the other gases coming from life?”

“Life’s meaning doesn’t come from God! Life’s meaning comes from life!”

“Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible.”

“One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.”

“At least once every human should have to run for his life, to teach him that milk does not come from supermarkets, that safety does not come from policemen, that “news” is not something that happens to other people. He might learn how his ancestors lived and that he himself is no different—in the crunch his life depends on his agility, alertness, and personal resourcefulness.”

“The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one’s life and discover one’s usefulness.”

“The earth had more oxygen in the past than it does now. Now you kids are going to be told in textbooks that the earth had no oxygen at the beginning, when life was evolving, called a "reducing atmosphere." That is baloney! […] It could not have evolved with oxygen, or without oxygen! But, if you double the air pressure and increase oxygen, not only does your hemoglobin take on oxygen, like it's supposed to, your plasma will get oxygen saturated, which means you could run hundreds of miles, without getting tired! Adam and Eve didn't need a car. They could run to grandma's.”

“Happiness does not come from without, it comes from within”

“One minute? Where the fuck does one minute come from?”

“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”