Being – Page 33 – Everything

Being

Identity, that spectator of what he calls himself,
That net and aggregate of energies in transient combination.
—Cunningham

Jun 082015
 

Celebrity is the sound of the gates closing on your identity forever.

Jun 042015
 

Abstinence makes the will grow firmer.

Jun 022015
 

Fortune does not favor the bold; it only encounters them more often.

May 082015
 

One must often choose between stupid and crazy. I used to like crazy, but I am warming to stupid.

May 012015
 

To make a man miserable, forget his future, just poison his past.

Apr 142015
 

The weak often want to be thought wicked, but the wicked never want to be thought weak.

Apr 072015
 

The man who undertakes to rid himself of his illusions and biases can end up like an old painting, improperly cleaned.

Apr 062015
 

Travel appears a great luxury to those accustomed to the greater one of staying put.