John Cleese

"Life's purpose is often hidden until you stop looking for it"

"Adventure requires nothing more than curiosity and willingness"

"Beauty exists in proportion, not in perfection"

"Time passes differently depending on what you're doing with it"

"Love is the most irrational and most valuable thing we do"

"Education should expand your sense of wonder, not crush it"

"Happiness is mostly about lowering your expectations"

"Truth often sounds like heresy when you first hear it"

"Freedom requires responsibility in equal measure"

"Peace is what you find when you stop fighting yourself"

"Nature doesn't care about your schedule or plans"

"Art is the most honest way humans communicate"

"Science is just organized curiosity"

"Music speaks to something beyond language"

"Faith is trust when there's no logical reason for it"

"Leadership is about being trustworthy more than being right"

"Work should have meaning beyond the paycheck"

"Dreams are how we practice becoming ourselves"

"Humor is pointing out the elephant in the room"

"The problem with the world is that we draw the line of God too close to ourselves and too far from the other fellow."

"If you want to be creative, you have to be willing to fail spectacularly."

"The secret to getting ahead is getting started, but you must start with the right attitude."

"I find that the most intelligent people I know are willing to change their minds when presented with new evidence."

"You can't be creative if you're not willing to make mistakes."

"The purpose of life is to matter—to count for something and to have it make some difference that you lived at all."

"Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories."

"The key to a good life is to be interested in things outside yourself."

"All the best comedy comes from genuinely observing human behavior and finding the absurdity in it."

"When you realize you're not as important as you thought, it becomes very liberating."

"I think the problem with humanity is that we've stopped thinking about what we're doing."