I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone best both for the body and the mind.
Reality is merely an illusion albeit a very persistent one.
Democracy functions best when we have an active citizenry.
In our nature however there is a provision alike marvelous and merciful that the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endures by its present torture but chiefly by the pang that rankles after it.