I was awfully curious to find out why I didn't go insane.

Innocence can be redefined and called stupidity. Honesty can be called gullibility. Candor becomes lack of common sense. Interest in your work can be called cowardice. Generosity can be called soft-headedness, and observe : the former is disturbing

People are not evil; they are schlemiels.

What shall we think of a well-adjusted slave?

To make the growth choice instead of the fear choice a dozen times a day is to move a dozen times a day towards self-actualisation.

Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear and need for defense) and risk (for the sake of progress and growth). Make the growth choice a dozen times a day.

Classic economic theory, based as it is on an inadequate theory of human motivation, could be revolutionized by accepting the reality of higher human needs, including the impulse to self actualization and the love for the highest values.