“Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.”

“Tolerant people are the happiest, so why not get rid of prejudices that hold you back?”

“It's easy to make friends, but hard to get rid of them.”

“Two things can get people to make efforts: if people want to get something, or if they want to get rid of something. Only, in ordinary conditions, without knowledge, people do not know what they can get rid of or what they can gain.”

“We would be much better off getting rid of the psychology that is causing so much misery than looking for chemicals that make us feel better but do nothing to solve our loneliness.”

“Surely the glory of finally getting rid of and burying a long and troublesome matter should be as great as that of making an important discovery. The trouble is that the coverer is like Samson who perished in the wreck of what he had destroyed; if he gets rid of a thing effectually he gets rid of himself too.”

“He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.”

“Whatever pain you can't get rid of, make it your creative offering.”

“He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.”

“If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.”