“You not only do your best, but you wear yourself out in tireless pursuit of unnatural, unattainable, and insatiable perfection.”

“Your life is an unfolding of the past. The past is not dead. You are here and now. The past is not fixed, but it can be fixed. You can change the past in the present by the choices you make.”

“Living is your only reason for being. You were not born to be a means to an end. You were not created for a purpose. Follow this eight-fold path to your purpose in life.”

“No matter how ferociously you rebel against it, you can’t stop change. Nothing you do will keep you safe and protect you from it. Change is inevitable. Go with it!”

“Why isn’t enough, enough? We can’t get enough of what we don’t really want. We focus on what we don’t have rather than on what we do have. You can choose your relationship with money. You can choose not to be its slave.”

“Your only duty in life is to be yourself. Only in solitude are you free to find and experience your true self. Solitude is not empty. It is full of answers.”

“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.”