There is always the option of being emotionally lazy, that is, of quoting.

As adults, we try to develop the character traits that would have rescued our parents.

A simple problem of arithmetic: there are far more ambitions than there are grand destinies available.

The largest part of what we call 'personality' is determined by how we've opted to defend ourselves against anxiety and sadness".

So many complaints boil down to the belly ache of the fragile, mortal, ignored ego in a vast and indifferent universe.

Never too late to learn some embarrassingly basic, stupidly obvious things about oneself.

We are continuously challenged to discover new works of culture—and, in the process, we don’t allow any one of them to assume a weight in our minds.