“We’ll do what life always does—defy expectations.”

“A person who feels appreciated will always do more than what is expected.”

“Currently, what is expected is that a person does not get emotionally aroused or dysregulated, is not emotionally phased or affected by anything someone else does or does not do, does not blame anyone for what they do or don’t do that causes emotional harm and especially does not defend themselves from emotional harm. What is glorified in society is emotional neutrality/numbness… Not having emotions.”

“The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.”

“One of the most troublesome things in life is that what you do or do not want has very little to do with what does or does not happen.”

“Life is so constructed that an event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation.”

“When people expect that what they give will be commensurate with what they will get. They must remember one thing, that often life does not work that way. They must be prepared to be disappointed.”

“Always expecting this and expecting that. May I recommend serenity to you? A life that is burdened with expectations is a heavy life. Its fruit is sorrow and disappointment. Learn to be one with the joy of the moment.”

“If trouble comes when you least expect it then maybe the thing to do is to always expect it.”

“All pleasure is a vice, for seeking pleasure is what everybody does in life, and the only dark vice is doing what everybody does.”