Conflict cannot survive without your participation.

You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with.

We only need so much to survive, but this world we live in tells us we need more stuff to be happy. We're inundated with our televisions, the Internet and advertising that says in order to be happy you have to have these things. When you say, 'Gimme, gimme, gimme,' you will always be in short supply.

Democracy cannot survive without the guidance of a creative minority.

A civilization, a culture, cannot survive without passion, cannot be saved without passion.

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.