For most of history it was prohibited for the mass of men to express themselves: then, briefly, it was permitted: now it is required.
Nov 102016
Being
Identity, that spectator of what he calls himself,
That net and aggregate of energies in transient combination.
—Cunningham
Oct 252016
We wonder at the man who gives his life to the group, forgetting that the group also gives its life to him.
Oct 032016
Are you unprepared for it because it is out of the question, or is it out of the question because you are unprepared for it?
Sep 302016
You say you could never be bored or unhappy with some other person’s life, and yet how different it would be, if it were yours.
Sep 232016
You never violate your principles: you only discover that they are not what you thought they were.
Sep 122016
To study ethics, read fiction, not philosophy.
Sep 052016
So many selves, so little to express.
Aug 232016
For himself a man will go only so far. To stop at nothing, discard every scruple, he must be convinced that he will make a better world.
Aug 122016
Without disgust there is nothing to tolerate or to forgive.
Jul 042016
1. Summarize yourself in three words.
2. Prefix them with “aging.”
3. Repeat until the result is not embarrassing.