“Whether we change our lives or do nothing, we have responded. To do nothing is to do something.”

“I only know that in our choice of friends and lovers and teachers who will change our lives, we are guided by forces which have nothing to do with the rationalizations we give.”

“Philosophy, like speaking prose, is something have to do all our lives, well or badly, whether we notice it or not.”

“Look, if he’s alive, there’s nothing we have to do about it. If he’s dead, there’s nothing we can do.”

“That means we have nothing to shoot at, no efficacious response. So we do something pointless. And we feel better.”

“We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.”

“Far away, our dreams have nothing to do with what we do. The wind carries the night, and passes on, aimless.”

“Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.”

“What did you do today? Nothing say our little children, and so do I. What we most are is what we keep mistaking for nothing.”

“When you have something to do, do it. When you have nothing to do, sleep.”