Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch.

To defend one's self against fear is simply to ensure that one will, one day, be conquered by it; fears must be faced.

I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.

Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch.

It is very nearly impossible to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind

You have to go the way your blood beats. If you don't live the only life you have, you won't live some other life, you won't live any life at all.