“To be what you want to be: isn't this the essence of being human?”

“What would Jesus, or any human being who isn't an asshole, do?”

Jon Stewart (1962) American political satirist, writer, television host, actor, media critic and stand-up comedian

“Happiness isn't wanting what you can get, but wanting what you have.”

Beverly Lewis (1949) American writer

“The news isn't there to tell you what happened. It's there to tell you what it wants you to hear or what it thinks you want to hear.”

Joss Whedon (1964) American director, writer, and producer for television and film

“If a concept lacks an essence, nothing will ever be found that completely fits that concept. If you are lacking in the concept of human being, it will immediately expose that you are something individual, something that cannot be expressed by the term human being, thus, in every instance, an individual human being.”

Max Stirner (1806–1856) German philosopher

“Ask yourself for a moment what is really important to you_not by anyone else's definition, but your own. Peel away all the roles that you act out every day, and you will find a being. A being that, amazingly enough, cannot be put in a box. A being that isn't good or bad—just a being. A being that wants to exist, that wants to learn, that wants to appreciate. A being that just wants to be.”

Prem Rawat (1957) controversial spiritual leader

“The ability to do, to make, to generate and contribute is the essence of a human being.”

Vanna Bonta (1958–2014) Italian-American writer, poet, inventor, actress, voice artist (1958-2014)

“That's what fiction is about, isn't it, the selective transforming of reality? The twisting of it to bring out its essence?”

Yann Martel book Life of Pi

“Saying what you really feel isn't being rude. It's called being real.”

Ralph Smart

“Life isn't about getting what you want, it is about giving what you have.”

- Goa