Joseph Heller

"Love is the only thing that makes sense in a senseless world."

"Patience is what you develop when you have no choice."

"The greatest tragedy is that we learn nothing from our past."

"Money is like manure; it's not worth a thing unless you spread it around."

"Imagination is more important than facts, especially in literature."

"The only constant in life is that everything changes."

"Beauty is whatever makes you feel alive in that moment."

"Art is the only way to express what words cannot."

"Knowledge without wisdom is just accumulation of useless facts."

"Strength is not the absence of fear, but action despite it."

"Hope is what keeps us from becoming completely cynical."

"Justice is always the loser in war."

"Peace is merely the absence of noise between conflicts."

"Nature doesn't care about human morality or logic."

"Music is the language that people understand without translation."

"Technology doesn't solve problems; it creates new ones."

"Faith is believing in something despite all evidence to the contrary."

"Education teaches you to think like everyone else."

"Kindness is often mistaken for weakness by those who lack it."

"Power corrupts not because it is power, but because it attracts the corruptible."

"Adventures are what you call plans that go wrong."

"Health is a state most people only appreciate when they've lost it."

"Motivation is temporary; habit is permanent."

"Inspiration strikes the prepared mind."

"Solitude is the best classroom if you're willing to listen."

"Gratitude is the rarest emotion in a world of entitlement."

"Creativity thrives in constraints, not in unlimited freedom."

"Literature shows us who we could be if we dared."

"Politics is a game where the worst players win."

"The paradox of life is that we spend it preparing to live."