The moment I realised that my history was an excuse for nothing, was the moment I was freed from my history. The great danger of history is that we use it as an excuse and remain trapped in it. I cannot blame my history for anything, and therefore I have to have high standards for myself.

The acknowledgement of having suffered evil is the greatest step forward in mental health.

The war on drugs is really the war on people who buy drugs from people who don't lobby the government.

Truth has nothing to do with the conclusion, and everything to do with the methodology.

Mental anguish always results from the avoidance of legitimate suffering.

I refuse to let the standards of evil people chip away at my capacity for integrity.

The vast majority of people are unthinking prejudice machines.