Anxiety is sort of the opposite of ego. You're so sure you'll do everything wrong you're afraid to do anything at all. It results from over-motivation- leading to errors that lead to an underestimation of one's self. Work out your anxieties on paper and read. This calms the mind.

Stuckness shouldn't be avoided. It's the physic predecessor of all real understanding.

The pencil is mightier than the pen.

Objects are inorganic and biological values; subjects are social and intellectual values.

Mental reflection is so much more interesting than TV it's a shame more people don't switch over to it.

The funny thing about insane people is that it is kind of the opposite of being a celebrity. Nobody envies you.

…the doctrinal differences between Hinduism and Buddhism and Taoism are not anywhere near as important as doctrinal differences among Christianity and Islam and Judaism. Holy wars are not fought over them because verbalized statements about reality are never presumed to be reality itself.