The weak often want to be thought wicked, but the wicked never want to be thought weak.
Apr 142015
Being
Identity, that spectator of what he calls himself,
That net and aggregate of energies in transient combination.
—Cunningham
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.
Apr 022015
We are taught to be good, lest we dare to be great.
Mar 162015
The danger of habitual silence is that when you do decide to talk, people will listen.
Mar 102015
You’re not weird, merely defective.
Feb 242015
The struggle to assimilate a new idea without disturbing the old ones is hideously physical, like becoming a werewolf.
Feb 022015
Nice isn’t funny, funny isn’t nice, and nice isn’t even especially nice most of the time.
Jan 262015
Never ascribe to malice what can be explained by stupidity, or to stupidity what can be explained by drug abuse.
Jan 232015
And now abideth sloth, greed, fear, these three; but the greatest of these is sloth.