The capacity to make free choices is not something we either have entirely or not at all. Rather, choices become freer the more they are the result of our own capacity to reflect on and assess facts and arguments.
Instead of showing strangers kindness and giving them the benefit of the doubt, we increasingly show them only fear, and that is bad for us and them.
Justice can only be dispensed when you have all the facts in front of you.
The very act of questioning whether you exist proves you do, because you must be there for the doubt to be entertained in the first place.
Stress means something different if it is the result of rewarding work rather than struggling to keep the family out of debt.
If there's one thing that makes me cynical, it's optimists. They are just far too cynical about cynicism. If only they could see that cynics can be happy, constructive, even fun to hang out with, they might learn a thing or two.
