“If you want to reduce the rats, use the cats! If you want to reduce the fools, use the books!”

“Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life and the labors of life reduce themselves.”

“When all you want is a person's body and you don't really want their mind, heart or spirit, you have reduced a person to a thing.”

“Do you want your name to live forever? You fool! Forget your name, try to save yourself! What use there is for you, if your name lives and you die? You fool!”

“Draw the art you want to see, start the business you want to run, play the music you want to hear, write the books you want to read, build the products you want to use – do the work you want to see done.”

“Depression is a serious problem, but drugs are not the answer. In the long run, psychotherapy is both cheaper and more effective, even for very serious levels of depression. Physical exercise and self-help books based on CBT can also be useful, either alone or in combination with therapy. Reducing social and economic inequality would also reduce the incidence of depression.”