“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.” — Epicurus
“Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.” — Epicurus · Letter to Menoeceus
“Enlightenment ideals are timeless, but their realization at any moment is the strenuous achievement of nations.” — Steven Pinker · Enlightenment Now, 2018
“Progress consists of deploying knowledge to allow all of humankind to flourish in the same way that each of us seeks to flourish.” — Steven Pinker · Enlightenment Now, 2018
“Pessimism is so reflexively expected of an intellectual that the way to flaunt your sophistication is to wear a long face.” — Steven Pinker · Enlightenment Now, 2018