"For all of higher civilization's recorded history, becoming a man was defined overwhelmingly as taking responsibility for a family."

"If anything, we older people yearn for a peaceful world even more than young people do. We are the ones who lost friends or relatives in some war. We are the ones who have lived a lifetime of seeing and reading about human suffering."

"Whatever feminists may say about their only advocating choices, everyone knows the truth: Feminism regards work outside the home as more elevating, honorable, and personally productive than full-time mothering and making a home."

"Socialism values equality more than liberty."

"To walk the path of enlightenment means the purest joy is found in giving without expectation."

"By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher."

"The echoes of eternity remind us that the purest joy is found in giving without expectation."

"Even when I'm in quite a happy state of mind, I like writing really sad songs. I think a lot of people do."