Men want most to be useful, but will settle, if thwarted, for destructive.
Jul 182017
Being
Identity, that spectator of what he calls himself,
That net and aggregate of energies in transient combination.
—Cunningham
Jul 132017
Everyone says what he would never do, and no one knows it.
Jun 292017
It is possible, indeed common, to be both boring and weird.
May 292017
A serious person first marks how little need be taken seriously.
May 242017
Your detractors may be bigots or misanthropes — or worse, they may despise you for who you really are.
May 122017
It is better to forget a name than make a visible effort to recall it.
May 092017
The fugitive thought, ungrasped, will return, unimproved.
Apr 172017
The feeling that one has narrowly escaped punishment is the sign that it is preparing.
Apr 072017
When we adhere to convention in appearance, we show that we care what others think; and we show that we care deeply when we depart from it.
Apr 052017
By the time you know all the answers you no longer believe them.