"All of life is suffering."
- The Buddha
"...specifically of course we can know nothing - unqualified - but like the rest of us, I've fenced my life with a scaffolding of more or less speculative hypotheses."
- T.E. Lawrence
"You wonder what I am doing? Well, so do I, in truth. Days seem to dawn, suns to shine, evenings to follow, and then I sleep. What I have done, what I am doing, what I am going to do, puzzle and bewilder me. Have you ever been a leaf and fallen from your tree in autumn and been really puzzled about it? That's the feeling."
- T.E. Lawrence
"Years ago my mother used to say to me, she'd say, 'In this world, Elwood, you must be' - she always called me Elwood - 'In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant.' Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."
- Elwood Dowd | Jimmy Stewart, "Harvey"
"Well, I've wrestled with reality for 35 years, Doctor, and I'm happy to state I finally won out over it."
- Elwood Dowd | Jimmy Stewart, "Harvey"