„The overman… Who has organized the chaos of his passions, given style to his character, and become creative. Aware of life’s terrors, he affirms life without resentment.“

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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„A creative person has little power over his own life. He is not free. He is captive and driven by his daimon.“
— C.G. Jung
„Death makes no sense except to people who have passionately loved life. How can one die without having something to part from? Detachment is a negation of both life and death. Whoever has overcome his fear of death has also triumphed over life. For life is nothing but another word for this fear.“
— Emil M. Cioran
„A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself“
— Joseph Campbell
„There was an apparent disorder in his personal life style…resented any restriction on his freedom…for him freedom meant a constant movement of the intellect and imagination…He moved in different directions at the same time that he could only look forward and beyond.“
— Zakir Hussain (politician)