“What is the best way to live in order to possess both the negative freedom of Diogenes and the positive freedom of Aristippus?”

“Choose your relationships. Conquer yourself. Embrace your other half. Be in charge of your own freedom.”

“Does Christianity make a difference? Is your society a better place because of the influence of religion? Are you a better person?”

“Life is complicated with serious challenges. Growth and change are a response to challenges. We begin to live by not running away from the very things you should be running toward.”

“We are living through Vico’s final stage of history, the age of the individual. This will lead to a war of all against all, barbarism, and the self-destruction of society.”

“The Golden Rule is a sensible path to follow to be a good person. But which one? Positive or negative? Jesus or Confucius?”

“When you’re 80, you will regret that you didn’t love more, forgive more, and dream more.”

“Should you fear God? How does death feel? How does eternity feel? Is life too short? In death, what can you take with you? Is it normal to think about death?”

“Why should you go on living? What is the purpose of life? Is there another kind of life after death? Is your fear of death real or imaginary?"

“A divine being that is all-knowing, all-good, and all-powerful would not write a book. And if God wrote a book, then God is not a god.”