We can consciously end our life almost anytime we choose. This ability is an endowment, like laughing and blushing, given to no other animal... in any given moment, by not exercising the option of suicide, we are choosing to live

Stubborness is also determination. It's simply a matter of shifting from "won't power" to "will power.

Mistakes, obviously, show us what needs improving. Without mistakes, how would we know what we had to work on?

Many people weigh the guilt, they will feel against the pleasure of the forbidden action they want to take.

There is no answer to any of these questions. It's a matter of time and timing, of seas and seasons, of breathing in and breathing out. It's a matter of balance.

Capitalism is the only economic system compatible with free individuals

Pain (any pain--emotional, physical, mental) has a message. The information it has about our life can be remarkably specific, but it usually falls into one of two categories: We would be more alive if we did more of this and Life would be more lovely if we did less of that. Once we get the pain's message, and follow its advice, the pain goes away.