You never truly need what you want. That is the main and thoroughgoing key to serenity.

We'd better work hard on getting rid of that must - Other people must do what I want them to do!" It's what makes people hostile, nasty, mean and combative, and it leads to feuds, wars and genocide. We'd better do something about that.

Fat is a barrier, a bellicose statement to others that, to some, justifies hostility in kind. The world says to the fat person, "Your fatness is an affront to me, so we have the right to treat you as offensively as you appear." Fat is not merely viewed as another type of tissue, but as a diagnostic sign, a personal statement, and a measure of personality. Too little fat and we see you as being antisocial, fearful and sexless. Too much fat and we see you as slothful, stupid, and sexually hung up.

For that again, is what all manner of religion essentially is: childish dependency.

And just as two wrongs don't make a right, rage against offenders is probably the worst way to try to correct them.

The world consists mainly of love slobs who need other people's approval. Most people don't live their own lives very well.

Even injustice has it's good points. It gives me the challenge of being as happy as I can in an unfair world.