It depends on what you mean by the word religion. Certainly I don't go to temples and pray to the gods or anything like that.

Now I don't get upset by unpleasant things, I don't play the victim, and I'm always ready to come to terms with life.

You said, 'Planning is something for communist countries; democracy and planning don't go together!' But, with all the errors we committed, our plans succeeded.

This is also something I've learned from experience. Didn't they perhaps give us the vote because we went too far?

If by happiness you mean instead an ordinary contentment, then yes - I'm fairly contented. Not satisfied - contented.

Rebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.

I don't at all care who's on the right or left or in the center. Even though we use them, even though I use them myself, these expressions have lost all meaning.