“Because people are more than emotions. People have thoughts and reasons for doing things.”

“Books can also provoke emotions. And emotions sometimes are even more troublesome than ideas. Emotions have led people to do all sorts of things they later regret-like, oh, throwing a book at someone else.”

“People have emotional ties to books, more often than you think...”

“1. We fear people because they can expose and humiliate us. 2. We fear people because they can reject, ridicule, or despise us. 3. We fear people because they can attack, oppress, or threaten us. These three reasons have one thing in common: they see people as “bigger” (that is, more powerful and significant) than God, and, out of the fear that creates in us, we give other people the power and right to tell us what to feel, think, and do.”

“It’s good if you think bad thoughts, because at least you’re thinking. That’s more than most people do.”

“The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.”