The only thing to transcend is the idea that there's something to transcend. Nirvana is samsara. I finally got the memo.

One can survive everything nowadays except death.

The only way to go beyond death is to accept death. Then it disappears. The only way to be fearless is to accept fear. Then the energy is released and becomes freedom.

You can conquer existence through belief, power, by letting go or not dying.

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

I believe there are ways whose ends are life instead of death.

What doesn’t kill you, can only make you stronger!

Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of.

Sir, I shall not defeat you - I shall transcend you.

We've all heard that what doesn't kill us makes us stronger, but that is a dangerous oversimplification. Many of the things that don't kill you can damage you for life.

You survived. Whatever doesn’t kill us makes us stronger, right?” I don’t, of course, believe this. Most things that don’t kill us right off, kill us later.

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

"Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you," I say. "Controlling you is."

There is the question of whether life is long enough to get over anything.