You can’t always get what you want; you can’t always get what you need; but you can, perhaps, want what you need.
May 262016
Being
Identity, that spectator of what he calls himself,
That net and aggregate of energies in transient combination.
—Cunningham
May 252016
Space and matter are given; time is a civilized achievement.
May 232016
Zeal for an end is only flexibility about the means.
May 162016
The Four Irrational Beliefs of Highly Effective People
1. Optimism
2. Control
3. Forecasting ability
4. All-around superiority
May 132016
Some say that men are not gods, others that men are not beasts, both with more hope than expectation.
May 042016
If you were immortal, how would you know?
May 022016
To be happy, avoid whatever makes you unhappy: to sculpt a lion, carve away whatever doesn’t look like a lion.
Apr 212016
People will like you if you like them, which is too high a price.
Apr 142016
Ordinary people claim extraordinary origins for the same reason that extraordinary people claim ordinary ones.
Apr 122016
Only the young die suddenly; the rest of us die slowly, long before we expire.