We mistake the feeling of control for the feeling of freedom when freedom actually consists of the courage to take risks Those who encourage us

As an American I have a posteriori knowledge that Americans pretend without reason to a priori knowledge of the other

My life as ode to permission seeking was just a road to perdition strictly speaking Broadly speaking

A human has being so, we call ourselves human beings God has meaning so, we call Him

The Kantian ethic of treating oth… never really took off largely because Immanuel overlooke… rather obvious catchy slogan: Love squanders all

I don’t have any delusions of grandeur; I have delusions of posthumous grandeur that would retroactively nullify

When the shit hits the fan at least I know I won’t be wearing flip-flops

If you need to appear weak to access power you’ll end up weak-kneed and abuse your power

In a real life version of the ugly duckling discovering s… I was the reject popsicle stick who at long last found out I was a handy tongue depressor

The only reason to pursue fame is to forestall the possibility that you’re the kind of person who would die wishing you’d been more famous

If you have to ask how much pursuing it will cost you then you’ve already given way on your desire

If you count the rings on a tree stump it will tell you the cost of doing business

When the whole world is a disaster area everyone becomes a comic relief worker

All consciousness is false consciousness but some consciousnesses are easier to fake

Now that everything is at last Out in the open People shut their eyes Not to escape the truth But to hide from their own blindne…