Daniel Handler Quotes

What sort of philosophy one chooses depends on what sort of person one is.

We tend to think of philosophies as produced by professional philosophers. Traditionally, this has meant people who have written dissertations on obscure subjects or who spend most of their day in libraries. But every human is, in an important sense, a carrier of an implicit philosophy - evident in their choices, pronouncements and commitments.

Have a spiritual basis which guides you in life. Have a philosophy of life to live by.

What sort of philosophy one chooses depends, therefore, on what sort of man one is; for a philosophical system is not a dead piece of furniture that we can reject or accept as we wish; it is rather a thing animated by the soul of the person who holds it.

I think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.

Your personal philosophy is the greatest determining factor in how your life works out.

Initial response illustrates a great deal about someone's personal philosophy.

What one decides to do in crisis depends on one's philosophy of life, and that philosophy cannot be changed by an incident. If one hasn't any philosophy in crises, others make the decision.

Our intonations contain our philosophy of life, what each of us is constantly telling himself about things.

My personal philosophy of life is one of ethics.

It sounds a little bit too arrogant, but I think I certainly have a working model for how I conduct my life, and it may or may not be a correct worldview.

A man with no philosophy in him is the most inauspicious and unprofitable of all possible social mates.

If you going to live by a certain code - as Bob Dylan said, you gotta serve somebody.

For me as a man, philosophically, when you talk about honor and integrity, that’s the way I want to live my life. It moved me.

One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.

There's no one way to dance. And that's kind of my philosophy about everything.

To me personally the only function of philosophy is to teach us to take life more lightly and gayly than the average businessman does, for no businessman who does not retire at fifty, if he can, is in my eyes a philosopher.

Life may as properly be called an art as any other.

My teachings are my life.

Sometimes I wonder if he has a philosophy. Maybe even a worldview. I'd like to sit down with him and pick his brain, just a tiny bit somewhere in the frontal lobe to get a taste of his thoughts. But he's too much of a toughguy to ever be that vulnerable. - R on M

Well, sir, you never can tell. That's a principle in life with me, sir, if you'll excuse my having such a thing.

The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most successful people recognize, that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation. For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And along the way, lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.

Morally and philosophically I find myself in agreement with virtually the whole of it: and not only in agreement with it, but in deeply moved agreement.

I have never thought of my life as divided between poetry and politics.

Each person must discover his own philosophy of life, and it is not fair or right to impose our codes upon others. It is also our responsibility, however, to share, one with another, such experiences as may have common value.