“But that's the problem with love - it acts on you, works through you, resists your attempts to control.”

“The mind is not a machine, it is an idea. And the Idea resists all attempts to control it.”

“That's why I write, because life never works except in retrospect. You can't control life, at least you can control your version.”

“It is wrong to expect a reward for your struggles. The reward is the act of struggle itself, not what you win. Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt. That's morality, that's religion. That's art. That's life.”

“You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That's the only thing you should be trying to control.”

“The likelihood that your acts of resistance cannot stop the injustice does not exempt you from acting in what you sincerely and reflectively hold to be the best interests of your community.”