I think that any person who is commenting on public affairs is entitled to point out those dangers.

Supposing you eliminated suffering, what a dreadful place the world would be! I would almost rather eliminate happiness. The world would be the most ghastly place because everything that corrects the tendency of this unspeakable little creature, man, to feel over-important and over-pleased with himself would disappear. He's bad enough now, but he would be absolutely intolerable if he never suffered.

The "pursuit of happiness" is responsible for a good part of the ills and miseries of the modern world.

Tranquilizers to overcome angst, pep pills to wake us up, life pills to ensure blissful sterility. I will lift up my ears unto the pills whence cometh my help.

I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up pursuing happiness, or cared to live until I chose to die. For these two discoveries I am beholden to Jesus.

Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century.

The orgasm has replaced the Cross as the focus of longing and the image of fulfillment.