To really love a person completely is to come to a point where your stories are intertwined.

Our minds, bodies, feelings, relationships are all informed by our questions. What you ask is who you are. What you find depends on what you search for. And what shapes our lives are the questions we ask, refuse to ask, or never think of asking.

Consensual paranoia - the pathology of the normal person who is a member of a war-justifying society - forms the template from which all the images of the enemy are created. By studying the logic of paranoia, we can see why certain archetypes of the enemy must necessarily recur, no matter what the historical circumstances.

I've spent my life cultivating knowledge of myself. But the more I know myself, the more utterly mysterious I become.

Our society has been eaten up by the economic view of things, which routinely forces us to work at jobs that don't mean anything.

If we had a better understanding of the ways we think about enemies, we might be able to think of more rational ways of settling conflict.

The best practice is to follow the advice posted on every railroad crossing: Stop. Look. Listen.