The artist’s duty is to express what others cannot.

The demand to be loved is the greatest of all arrogant presumptions.

"We are all haunted by the ghosts of our past, but it's up to us whether we let them haunt us or guide us."

"The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking."

The ratio of positive to negative emotions that predicts flourishing is about 3 to 1. Above that ratio, people tend to flourish; below it, they tend to languish.