We have to assume we have free will if only because that possibility exists.

Those who risk their lives just to find its value must ultimately be unhappy. for the valuation of a thing solely by its loss implies no joy in its mere possession.

Solitude is necessary to get the true measure of oneself. But without others we have no stick against which to measure.

Life is a blur of disconnected events. There is no path or purpose, no rhyme or reason. We are adrift on the winds of chance at the mercy of powers beyond our control.

Love is the feeling that bet conveys our humanity. Yet it involves the least amount of intellect.

Honesty is like armor. It takes strength to embrace it. But it's too easy to be enraptured by its cold brilliance that blocks out both good and bad.

"Yes, your reasoning is sound. But the depth of your conviction is the cause for my concern. For belief is the antithesis of truth."

Perception is reality. For to tell the difference between them requires knowledge beyond our senses.

There is only one way to get what you want in this world - and that is to TAKE it.  Simple.  The problem lies in knowing what you want and where to find it.