“Being happy is more important than anything else.”
“But somethings in life are more important than being happy. Like being free to think for yourself.”
“What is more important to a library than anything else -- than everything else -- is the fact that it exists."[The Premise Of Meaning, American Scholar; Washington, DC, June 5, 1972]”
“Love can't be pinned down by a definition, and it certainly can't be proved, any more than anything else important in life can be proved.”
“It is more important to be free than to be happy.”
“If your friend is sick and dying, the most important thing he wants is not an explanation; he wants you to sit with him. He's terrified of being alone more than anything else. So, God has not left us alone.”