“No matter where I was, my compass pointed west. I would always know what time it was in California.”

“I don’t want to know what time it is. I don’t want to know what day it is or where I am. None of that matters.”

Jon Krakauer book Into the Wild

“Goodnight, my angel
Time to close your eyes.
And save these questions for another day.
I think I know what you've been asking me.
I think you know what I've been trying to say.
I promised I would never leave you.
And you should always know
Wherever you may go
No matter where you are
I never will be far away.”

Billy Joel (1949) American singer-songwriter and pianist

“I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion--and where it isn't, that's where my work lies.”

Ram Dass (1931–2019) American contemporary spiritual teacher and the author of the 1971 book Be Here Now

“As you see, it is not that I don't know my own mind, I know it very well but only up to a certain point in the matter. I know perfectly well what the question is. It's the answer I want.”

Alessandro Baricco (1958) Italian writer

“I've always made a point of not wasting my life, and every time I come back here I know that all I've done is to waste my life.”

Arthur Miller book Death of a Salesman

“I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking of personal gain.”

Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican scholastic philosopher of the Roman Catholic Church

“"What's wrong - what's the matter with you?" Nothing, nothing's the matter, I've merely taken a leap outside my fate, and now I don't know where to turn, what to run for…”

Emil M. Cioran book The Trouble With Being Born

“If you don't take it, I'm going to throw it away," Alex cheerfully retorted. "I don't want to know what time it is. I don't want to know what day it is or where I am. None of that matters.”

Jon Krakauer book Into the Wild

“I don't know what to do or where to turn in this taxation matter. Somewhere there must be a book that tells all about it, where I could go to straighten it out in my mind. But I don't know where the book is, and maybe I couldn't read it if I found it.”

Warren G. Harding (1865–1923) American politician, 29th president of the United States (in office from 1921 to 1923)