We are not taught to fear our politicians, who can debase our currency, throw us in prison and send us to war - but rather we are taught to fear each other. We are taught to imagine that the real predators in this world are not those who control prison cells, national debts and nuclear weapons, but rather our fellow citizens, who in the absence of brutal control would surely tear us apart!

Fundamentally, you can never be someone else. You can only be less of who you are.

Mental anguish always results from the avoidance of legitimate suffering.

The only freedom is freedom from illusion.

There is no external solution to the problem of insecurity.

You cannot connect with anyone except through reality.

No matter who you vote for, the government stays in power