Each of us owes it to our spouse, our children, our friends, to be as happy as we can be. And if you don't believe me, ask a child what it's like to grow up with an unhappy parent, or ask parents what they suffer if they have an unhappy child.

Expectations can ruin your chances for happiness

The Muslim world is threatened by religious fanaticism. The Western world is threatened by secular fanaticism.

The human species produces a certain percentage of scum. That is the way in which I have understood the world my whole life

I always believe in earning love. I consider unconditional love to be one of the worst ideas developed

To be told that one can be dependent on one's parents until age 26 should strike a young person who wants to grow up as demeaning, not as something to celebrate.

When women criticize men it's called feminism. When men criticize women it's called misogyny