In Let there be plight the P is silent
When I got to the cave at the top of the mountain and asked the hermit What is the meaning of life? she said
People want to get rich because they think money will make them happy People want to stay rich because they know that money
It takes talent to write a hit pie… but anyone can write a puff piece that in thirty years will read as a hit piece
If you pursue any vice long enough you’ll either become bored or addi… scratch that– you’ll either become bored and qui… or bored and addicted
People don’t generally like instru… because music without words is just math come alive Adding words to music takes it from counting time
Liberalism deepened by religion Religion widened by liberalism Until the body and soul politic Is so deep That it swallows our fears
If you’ve been put in an impossibl… Consider the possibility that you Have been asked to do the impossib… And that a good leader Would never ask you to do
No one who desires to be good believes themselves good; all those who believe themselves g… do so in service of their true desire
History’s first lesson– the ABCs– is that, unless coerced not to people kill the ones they hate History’s second lesson–
Secure in my authenticity I thought I’d avoided that trap which had ensnared so many of my g… the safety of ironic distance– until I realized that
The smartest gal in the room Is the one who realizes All the adults in the room Are emotional children Behaving like holy terrors
We pass through birth, life, and death like H2O phasing through ice, water, and steam so yes
You cannot beat God in any sport but you can tie Him in bowling
Everyone wants to live forever because fear is self-perpetuating No one wants to overcome the fear… because courage is selfless