No one remembers who lost the argument, only who lost his temper.
Jan 092014
Being
Identity, that spectator of what he calls himself,
That net and aggregate of energies in transient combination.
—Cunningham
Jan 012014
Whatever one does well one is sure to do too often.
Dec 312013
Anger impairs judgment but improves memory.
Dec 162013
Mindfulness, n. Non-judgmental focus on the sensations of the present moment; mindlessness.
Oct 292013
Everybody is worth a paragraph, but almost nobody is worth two.
Oct 252013
Manners are the cargo cult of morals.
Sep 262013
Wisdom is the great consolation prize.
Sep 042013
To be better it is first necessary to pretend to be; and objections to improvement often masquerade as objections to pretense.
Aug 062013
Certain qualities — skepticism, iconoclasm, willpower — are fixed in quantity, and must be apportioned wisely.
Jul 082013
We can all be replaced, and we all are.