We don't really learn anything properly until there is a problem, until we are in pain, until something fails to go as we had hoped ... We suffer, therefore we think.

Though it may feel otherwise, enjoying life is no more dangerous than apprehending it with continuous anxiety and gloom.

Good books put a finger on emotions that are deeply our own - but that we could never have described on our own.

Bitterness: anger that forgot where it came from.

Forcing people to eat together is an effective way to promote tolerance.

Mental health: having enough safe places in your mind for your thoughts to settle.

A good half of the art of living is resilience.