Mental anguish always results from the avoidance of legitimate suffering.

The manic relief that comes from the fantasy that we can with one savage slash cut the chains of the past and rise like a phoenix, free of all history, is generally a tipping point into insanity, akin to believing that we can escape the endless constraints of gravity, and fly off a tall building. “I’m freeeee… SPLAT!”.

The major abscess in the mind is a lack of acknowledgement of evil.

Social anxiety results from being around people who are resolutely opposed to who you are.

One of the best ways of repressing emotions is artificial certainty.

Deep connection is the antidote to madness.