Norman Mailer

"Music is the sound of human emotion made audible."

"Faith is believing in something that cannot be proven."

"Leadership is the willingness to make difficult decisions others will not."

"Work is the means by which we prove our worth to ourselves and others."

"Dreams are the small rebellions against reality we permit ourselves."

"Humor is the weapon of those who have nothing else left."

"Beauty is a form of rebellion in an ugly world."

"Death is the price we pay for consciousness."

"Perseverance is often just stubbornness that hasn't yet admitted defeat."

"Gratitude is the acknowledgment that we are not self-sufficient."

"Creativity is the act of destroying the old to make room for the new."

"Justice is a human construct, not a law of nature."

"Patience is the virtue of those waiting for something better."

"Kindness is often mistaken for weakness, which is the mistake of the strong."

"Strength is not the absence of fear, but the refusal to be controlled by it."

"Fear is the mind's way of protecting itself from possibilities it cannot control."

"Power is the ability to impose your will on reality."

"Money is crystallized freedom, for those who know how to use it."

"Health is the silence of the body when it is not afflicting us."

"Adventure requires the willingness to lose what you have for what you might gain."

"Imagination is the only weapon against a world that would make us all the same."

"Technology is extension of man's will, but not his wisdom."

"History is the graveyard of the certainties of previous generations."

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

"Literature is the only place where we can fully know another human being."

"Politics is the art of making the impossible seem like necessity."

"War is the ultimate failure of human communication and understanding."

"Motivation comes from knowing that what you do matters."

"Inspiration is the moment when the impossible reveals itself as possible."

"The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level."