A hero holds purposes appropriate to man and is, therefore, a thinker.

You might think that shifting your thoughts is as easy as setting your mind to it. But stressful thoughts aren't held in place through choice or will power. They're held in place through perceived truth value.

The less you think counterfactually, the less you experience stress. Stress, in this light, isn't a bad thing. It's simply a warning system telling you that your mind has lost touch with what's real.

We all enjoy pushing ourselves to accomplish our objectives. But we don't need stress to get there.

Some people are so used to experiencing stress that they don't remember what life was like without it.

Remember that stress doesn't come from what's going on in your life. It comes from your thoughts about what's going on in your life.

Altruism demands that an individual serve others, but doesn’t stipulate whether those others should be one’s family, or the homeless, or society as a whole. Collectivism states that, in politics, society comes first and the individual must obey. Collectivism is the application of the altruist ethics to politics.