“Humans, we just hop out of things, off things. We splatter ourselves in inappropriate places. Because we have nothing to live for. Because we want to destroy what we can. Because we want to be something we can’t. Because we don’t really believe we can die.”

“We can lie to ourselves, saying we believe one thing, and sometimes we convince other's it's true, with the hope that by convincing others, we can convince ourselves. Wars are often waged not because of what we believe, but because of the things we want others to believe.”

“Wars are often waged not because of what we believe, but because of the things we want others to believe.”

“[I]t is rather the case that we desire something because we believe it to be good than that we believe a thing to be good because we desire it. It is the thought that starts things off.”

“We don't just want what we want because we want it; we want what we want because that's what we've learned to want.”

“What do I want? I want lots of things, just like everybody else. Problem is, we can’t really have what we want, can we?”