We are built to be effective animals, not happy ones.

Being a person's true friend means endorsing the untruths he holds dearest.

..various people had long had the feeling that gain through pain was nature's way

Once you the forces that govern behavior, it's harder to blame the behaver

Nature has gone to great lengths to hide our subconscious from ourselves. Why?

I’ve found that lifting the lid with your foot is the most thorough and least gross path to two minutes of peace of mind.

When I want to find the vanguard of the people I look to the uneasy dreams of an aristocracy and find what they dread most.

Life's great moments evolve from simples acts of cooperation with God's mysterious promptings.

The idea that bigger haystacks have more needles in them is dumb on its face

I have to be self-conscious of what I'm trying to do with my life.

Paradise is not the place you go when you die. Paradise is when your mind is in a perfect state.

To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.

Art rests on a kind of religious sense, on a deep, steadfast earnestness; and on this account it unites so readily with religion.

…men never forgive like women.

I deserve a fair trial, like every other American citizen. A large amount of ugly, malicious misinformation has been released to the media about me.