Philosophy of life

1. "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view...Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it."

—Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

Submitted by Shelley Schoppert,

2. "The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause,  while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one."

—J.D. Salinger, Catcher in the Rye

Submitted by Bram NL,

3. "I assign myself no rank or any limit, and such an attitude is very much against the trend of the times. But my world has become one of infinite possibilities."

—Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

Submitted by Erik

4. "You will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do."

—David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest