Douglas Coupland

"Strength is not about never being afraid; it's about moving forward anyway."

"Fear is an opportunity to discover who you really are."

"Power without responsibility is just tyranny with a smile."

"Money is just a way of keeping score in a game that never ends."

"Health is a state of mind before it's a state of body."

"Adventure is calling, but first you have to put down your phone."

"Imagination is the only true unlimited resource we possess."

"Technology is a mirror that shows us who we are when nobody's looking."

"History is written by those who survive, but it's best understood by those who question."

"Philosophy is the art of being confused at a higher level."

"Literature is the conversation across centuries with people you'll never meet."

"Politics is the art of making the unacceptable seem inevitable."

"War proves that humans haven't learned much since we figured out how to light fires."

"Motivation is a feeling, not an action; don't wait for it to start."

"Inspiration arrives like lightning; the real work is in the storm that follows."

"Relationships are the laboratory where we test everything we believe about ourselves."

"Solitude is where creativity lives; don't spend all your time drowning in crowds."

"The future is just history that hasn't happened yet."

"Forget about being cool. Cool is a passing thing."

"We are the middle children of history with no purpose or place."

"The more you own, the more it owns you."

"You can't fake integrity. Either you have it or you don't."

"Loneliness is a poverty of self; solitude is a richness of self."

"Sometimes the smallest things in life are the most important."

"Technology is supposed to make our lives easier but often makes them more complicated."

"I think anybody who falls in love is a freak. It's crazy."

"Your parents can't save you from your own future."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."

"Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired."

"The biggest threat to the planet is people."