“My incentive? Making a peaceful spirit second nature. And that is so worth the effort.”

“Happiness will never flourish in a life bereft of optimism.”

“Don't be managed by the likelihood of mishaps. Be motivated by the promise of favor!”

“Never let fear of short term heartache interfere with your long term happiness.”

“Nothing will ever be solved if we wallow in the darkness of denial.”

“Keep your eyes and your mind open. Dont be blinded by filters like fear, uncertainty, pessimism and negativity.”

“God turns you from one feeling to another and teaches by means of opposites so that you will have two wings to fly, not one”

“But why, why, why can't people just say what they mean?”

“Don't be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible. Stay open, forever, so open it hurts, and then open up some more, until the day you die, world without end,...”

“Whenever you don't know someone and you overhear their problems they always sound so trivial.”

“Our problems stem from our acceptance of this filthy, rotten system.”

“There are always answers. We just have to be smart enough.”

“Yes, a war is inevitable. Firstly, there's you fellows who can't be trusted. And then there's the multitude who mean to have bathrooms and white enamel. Millions of them; all over the world. Not me...”

“Well-being is attained little by little, and nevertheless is no little thing itself.”

“Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside, is a safe rule for those who would always retain the good opinion of that all-powerful, but somewhat unintelligent,...”