Find joy in the faces of children who view life as so magical. Give thanks every day for your life and for your existence. Your life matters, you matter. So many people think and care about you and you’re never really alone! Remember your loved ones are the real gift. I care about you; you have a friend in me. Look forward to knowing that next year is going to be even better than the last….

You are worthless to others if you don't know your own self and self-worth.

Even so, I’m somebody.I’m the Discoverer of Nature.I’m the Argonaut of true sensations.I bring a new Universe to the UniverseBecause I bring the Universe to itself.

You don't know me, dude,' he says, not smiling this time. Gonzo examines his cards, prepping for his next move. 'People always think that they know other people, but they don't. Not really. I mean, maybe they know things about them, like they won't eat doughnuts or they like action movies or whatever. But they don't know what their friends do in their rooms alone at night or what happened to them when they were kids or if they feel ****ed up for no reason at all.

In the end, what will you fight for-- what got there first, what got there last or what has been there all along?

One has to abandon altogether the search for security, and reach out to the risk of living with both arms. One has to court doubt and darkness as the cost of knowing.

Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering.

Because you're always learning, the chief lesson remains: you still know nothing.

The secret of happiness is variety, but the secret of variety, like the secret of all spices, is knowing when to use it.

There is enough mystery in human nature to keep the world stuck in a perpetual state of righteous speculation. Only the wise and compassionate will rise above it, with enough vision to see that inconsistency is a normal occurrence, during the spiritual battle of forgiveness and justice.