I think we're miserable partly because we have only one god, and that's economics.

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The circumstances, including my body and my parents, whom I may curse, are my soul's...

The circumstances, including my body and my parents, whom I may curse, are my soul's...

Sooner or later something seems to call us onto a particular path... this is what...

Sooner or later something seems to call us onto a particular path... this is what...

You don't attack the grunts of Vietnam; you blame the theory behind the war. Nobody...

You don't attack the grunts of Vietnam; you blame the theory behind the war. Nobody...

I'm cautious about a lot of words.

I'm cautious about a lot of words.

Too many people have been analyzing their pasts, their childhoods, their memories, their parents, and...

Too many people have been analyzing their pasts, their childhoods, their memories, their parents, and...

Just stop for a minute and you'll realize you're happy just being. I think it's...

Just stop for a minute and you'll realize you're happy just being. I think it's...

We are a spectacular, splendid manifestation of life. We have language. . . . We...

We are a spectacular, splendid manifestation of life. We have language. . . . We...

I'm the result of upbringing, class, race, gender, social prejudices, and economics. So I'm a...

I'm the result of upbringing, class, race, gender, social prejudices, and economics. So I'm a...

The word power has such a generally negative implication in our society. What are people...

The word power has such a generally negative implication in our society. What are people...

Loss means losing what was We want to change but we don't want to lose....

Loss means losing what was We want to change but we don't want to lose....

All we can do when we think of kids today is think of more hours...

All we can do when we think of kids today is think of more hours...

When they talk about family values, it's in a repressive way, as if our American...

When they talk about family values, it's in a repressive way, as if our American...

Sooner or later something seems to call us onto a particular path....This is what I...

Sooner or later something seems to call us onto a particular path....This is what I...

Psychotherapy theory turns it all on you: you are the one who is wrong. If...

Psychotherapy theory turns it all on you: you are the one who is wrong. If...

We're an air bag society that wants guarantees on everything that we buy. We want...

We're an air bag society that wants guarantees on everything that we buy. We want...

We forget that the soul has its own ancestors.

We forget that the soul has its own ancestors.

I know my own deficiencies, one of which is that I had lived away from...

I know my own deficiencies, one of which is that I had lived away from...

As Plotinus tells us, we elected the body, the parents, the place, and the circumstances...

As Plotinus tells us, we elected the body, the parents, the place, and the circumstances...

We approach people the same way we approach our cars. We take the poor kid...

We approach people the same way we approach our cars. We take the poor kid...

Whether we like it or not, men have more of the offices, more of the...

Whether we like it or not, men have more of the offices, more of the...