“Don't squander the gold of your days, listening to the tedious, trying to improve the hopeless failure, or giving away your life to the ignorant, the common, and the vulgar”

“First your parents, they give you your life, but then they try to give you their life.”

“Give me hunger, pain and want,
Shut me out with shame and failure
From your doors of gold and fame,
Give me your shabbiest, weariest hunger!

But leave me a little love.”

“In the face of such hopelessness as our eventual, unavoidable death, there is little sense in not at least trying to accomplish all of your wildest dreams in life.”

“Please, don't torture me with cliches. If you're going to try to intimidate me, have the courtesy to go away for a while, acquire a better education, improve your vocabulary, and come back with some fresh metaphors.”

“You have a hollowed out heart, but it's heavy in your chest
I try so hard to fight it, but it's hopeless
You're hopeless.”

“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.”

“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.”

“Today's a new day. It's your day. You shape it. Don't let it be shaped by someone else's ignorance or fear.”

“If you persist in your ignorance, refuse to listen to advice, feel that you are always right, don't learn from the mistakes of others, feel great and arrogant, then it's only a matter of time before life kicks your ass and teaches you a lesson.”