“Clear perception requires emotional distance. It's hard to be wise while you're still squirming.”

“The 'what' of life is immediate, but the 'why' trails along at its own pace.”

“Life is a binary system. Things work out or they don't, worry doesn't add much, and the only way to influence the process is simply not giving up.”

“You never know what you really believe until you have to defend it.”

“I've been trying for some time to develop a lifestyle that doesn't require my presence.”

“If you're already in a fight, you want the first blow to be the last and you had better be the one to throw it.”

“Religion has a good place and it has its good people. ”