When you abuse willpower you waste it. There really is not an infinite supply of it at your disposal. There is an infinite supply of it in the universe.

Time is a convenient filing system human beings have devised to segregate their experiences.

In mysticism we have to take all the imprinting that has occurred to us and wash it. Then we need to be re-imprinted but in a different way. Without it, we don't survive.

I think perhaps the greatest book ever written was Ulysses by James Joyce.

I think that pain gives us appreciation of joy - it's a package deal. And I definitely think that the joys of life far outweigh the pain.

We were imprinted with a value system as young children. The sensory experiences of life can trigger and stimulate a variety of associative thoughts and ideas.

They'll kill you in a minute rather than deal with truth. It's more convenient because then they can forget about it and rationalize your death.