Our universe is wild, and our thought is tame.
Oct 262017
Being
Identity, that spectator of what he calls himself,
That net and aggregate of energies in transient combination.
—Cunningham
Oct 172017
We will tolerate anything but inconvenience.
Oct 022017
Men rally most readily for what can be immediately done and never undone — a rescue, say, or a lynching.
Sep 262017
To become a god, first stay out of sight.
Sep 222017
It would have occurred to approximately no one in history to ask if what he was doing made him happy.
Sep 042017
One must check the rise to cushion the fall.
Sep 012017
To obliterate an experience, describe it.
Aug 252017
Not much oblige without noblesse.
Aug 242017
Before one wearies of the world one wearies of oneself.
Aug 152017
Great achievements do not excuse private vice, or justify it — they simply overwhelm it.