The best vision is insight.

If you have a job without any aggravations, you don't have a job.

Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.

Presence is more than just being there.

The philosophical point is that our happiness and wellbeing is not based on incomes rising. This is not just the wisdom of sages but of ordinary people. Prosperity is more social and psychological: it's about identification, affiliation, participation in society and a sense of purpose.

Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organization.

There is nothing incompatible about laughter and demons, nor about athletic achievement and depression. Mike Flanagan made me laugh, too. But mostly, he made me brave.

I wanted to understand pain and the human condition, which is full of pain and regret and sadness - and some happiness, if you're lucky.