Oh U

“Aku tidak percaya bentuk Tuhan apa pun, kecuali yang sesuai dengan idealku sendiri. Aku pun tak yakin (pasti malah) tentang ke-tak-ada-annya nasib. Juga tak percaya kita juga. Dewasa ini aku berpendapat bahwa kita adalah pion dari diri kita sendiri sebagai keseluruhan. Kita adalah arsitek nasib kita, tapi kita tak pernah dapat menolaknya. Kita asing, ya kita asing dari ciptaan kita sendiri. Itulah aku kira mengapa kita harus belajar sejarah dan dalam hal ini mengapa aku pesimis.”
― Soe Hok Gie, Catatan Seorang Demonstran

“Happy is not the right word. This world is not a place where we can be happy. It wasn’t created for man’s happiness, though many believe this is the reason of our existence. I think we are here to fight, so that good and evil can clash within us, and good may prevail, thus enriching us spiritually. It’s difficult to say whether we are happy or not: it doesn’t depend on us… There are times when one regrets being born, but life also gives us surprising things that, alone, are worth living. The issue of happiness doesn’t exist for me: happiness as such doesn’t exist.”
― Andrei Tarkovsky

“I think a person needs to learn from childhood to find himself alone. It means to not be bored when you’re by yourself, because a person who finds himself bored when alone – as it seems to me – is in danger.”
― Andrei Tarkovsky

“He, who doesn't know why he lives, cannot feel love for people or for life itself. I don't love myself enough, so I don't love people enough. One of my major defects is impatience: I try to get rid of it, but i can't. I am not tolerant enough for my age. I suffer for this, because i can't approach people with sympathy. They annoy me.”
― Andrei Tarkovsky