There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life.

The inability to live in the present lies in the fear of leaving the sheltered position of anticipation or memory, and so of admitting that this is the only life that one is ever likely (heavenly intervention aside) to live.

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.

If one felt successful, there'd be so little incentive to be successful.

The only way to be happy is to realise how much depends on how you look at things

Good sex isn't just fun, it keeps us sane and happy. Having sex with someone makes us feel wanted, alive and potent.

Unnatural to expect that learning to be happy should be any easier than, say, learning to play the violin or require any less practice.