“We were creating a world where the smartest way to survive is to be bland.”

“The ways of the Lord are not comfortable, but we were not created for comfort, but for greatness, for good.”

“Be a lover of the world, it is the only way to survive in it.”

“Creating this feeling of validation is the golden key that will unlock people’s defenses. And we cannot survive and thrive in this highly competitive world without possessing such a power.”

“Poems in a way are spells against death. They are milestones, to see where you were then from where you are now. To perpetuate your feelings, to establish them. If you have in any way touched the central heart of mankind's feelings, you'll survive.”

“In a Stage II world, in communities in which survival is mastered enough to create a balance with self-fulfillment, we have the option of “relationship language” that nourishes the soul.”

“We need to create a world that is equitable, that is stable and a world where we bear in mind the needs of others, and not only what we need immediately. We are all in the same boat.”

“In a dream you saw a way to survive and you were full of joy.”

“Some of the smartest people in the world never talk cause they got more sense than everybody else.”

“They are in you and me; they created us, body and mind; and their preservation is the ultimate rationale for our existence. They have come a long way, those replicators. Now they go by the name of genes, and we are their survival machines.”