In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.
Friedrich Nietzsche

I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life. 
Jack Kerouac

The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn…
Jack Kerouac

“So therefore I dedicate myself to myself, to my art, my sleep, my dreams, my labors, my suffrances, my loneliness, my unique madness, my endless absorption and hunger – because I cannot dedicate myself to any fellow being.” – Jack Kerouac

The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world.
Max Born