If you want respect, earn it. No one owes you anything.
The only thing more painful than being an active forgetter is to be an inert rememberer.
"The major threats to survival that our ancestors faced - predators, starvation, disease - left their mark on our fears and anxieties."
A problem is not solved by mechanically applying past experience, but by restructuring the situation.
Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.
The world is a stage, and we are all merely players.