I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven read more

I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse.

Once you understand life----you understand life's potential.

Once you understand life----you understand life's potential.

The real reason for not committing suicide is because you always know how swell life gets again after the hell read more

The real reason for not committing suicide is because you always know how swell life gets again after the hell is over.

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

Man seeks to change the foods available in nature to suit his tastes, thereby putting an end to the very read more

Man seeks to change the foods available in nature to suit his tastes, thereby putting an end to the very essence of life

Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time. -Chinese proverb.

Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time. -Chinese proverb.

The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more that you try to read more

The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more that you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer, because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you in proportion to your fear of being hurt.

Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only read more

Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only the very sound or the very foolish imagine otherwise.

Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.

Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.