And as long as we believe what we believe - until that is questioned - there's no progress as a human race. Again, we still have war. So, effective rehabilitation is to question what we believe. When that happens, everyone gets out of prison.

Every (stressful thought) is a variation on a single theme: This shouldn't be happening. I shouldn't be having this experience. God is unjust. Life isn't fair.

As far as intellect, what else is there? Without intellect, no story and no world.

If you argue against reality you will suffer.

Your nature is truth, and when you oppose it, you don't feel like yourself. Stress never feels as natural as peace does.

Who would you be without the thought that happiness depends on someone else?

If your happiness depends on your children being happy, that makes them your hostages. So stay out of their business, stop using them for your happiness, and be your own happiness. And that way you are the teacher for your children: someone who knows how to live a happy life.