1-7 best aphorisms

^*^
My "life's goal" and my pride - to be the being who has laughed most at the world.

^*^
America's historic mission is to prove that the world can't get better.

^*^
To accept everything, including my revolt.

^*^
Society is a poor mother and father.

^*^
The world presents meaning and then is absurd and then back again. It is nearly impossible to know which is which or when, no less why; but our happiness shines through.

^*^
The trees in the forest struggle with each other to reach and capture a share of the sun - so too with gods and the human spirit.

^*^
The simple pleasures are best. They live near the most sublime thoughts.

*