Don't let the past steal your present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone.

Are we not all desperate one way or another?

But what was a body? Dust, dung, urine, itches. It was the light within which was important, and it was not significant if that light endured after death, or if the soul was blinded eternally in the endless night of the suspired flesh.

The national budget must be balanced. The public debt must be reduced; the arrogance of the authorities must be moderated and controlled. Payments to foreign governments must be reduced. If the nation doesn't want to go bankrupt, people must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.

I wanted to acquire an education, work extremely hard and never deviate from my goal, to make it.

I often reread books I have written

I have had four happy days in my life, and three of them turned out to be illusions.