Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense.
Religion is never the problem it's the people who use it to gain power.
Desire is individual. Happiness is common.
If the choice is between doing something supercool and having no one hear it...
I start to think there really is no cure for depression that happiness is an ongoing battle and I wonder if it isn't one I'll have to fight for as long as I live. I wonder if it's worth it.