There are plenty of reasons not to put up with the world as it is, and if the book has any kind of message, I suppose that's it.

The best way to killing a rose is to force it open when it is still only the promise of a bud.

As my cat would say, all hours are good for sleeping.

A tree weeps when cut down, a dog howls when beaten, but a man matures when offended.

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO.

God, the devil, good, evil, it's all in our heads, not in Heaven or Hell, which we also invented. We do not realize that, having invented God, we immediately became His slaves.

I am traveling less in order to be able to write more. I select my travel destinations according to their degree of usefulness to my work.