Joseph Heller

"Health is not about the absence of illness; it's about presence of vitality."

"Adventure is what happens when you say yes to the unknown."

"Imagination is the only unlimited resource we have."

"Technology is a tool; the question is what we build with it."

"History repeats because we never pay attention the first time."

"Philosophy asks the questions we're afraid to answer."

"Literature is the conversation across time with those who came before."

"Politics is conflict without violence pretending to be peace."

"War is what happens when words fail."

"Motivation is the spark; discipline is the fuel."

"Inspiration without perspiration is just daydreaming."

"Relationships require more honesty than we're comfortable giving."

"Solitude teaches what no crowd ever could."

"The only real failure is not trying."

"Happiness is found in the small moments we forget to notice."

"The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on; it is never of any use to oneself."

"Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them."

"He was a self-made man, which is why he did not get better results."

"The gods envy us because we have death; without it, life would be endless and meaningless."

"When I grow up, I want to be a little boy."

"Frankly, I don't mind not being paid; I mind being told I'm being paid when I'm not."

"It is often better to light a flamethrower than to curse the darkness."

"I have become uncomfortable with the usual interpretations of what I have written."

"Bureaucracy is the art of making the possible impossible."

"The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself."

"He was still alive and therefore still able to die."

"Any man who says he understands women is a liar; there are no men who understand women."

"Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."

"Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils."

"I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them I might have nothing."