I may look like a tall glass of water but be– ware, I’m half empty
In the first half of life I tried it your way and succeeded which is how I got over you In the second half of life I did it my way and failed
Materialism is no way out of Cartesian dualism It just turns backwards– I am, therefore I think– in an infinite regress
You’ll be able to tell that nobody knows what anything is wort… when no one knows who they can tru…
We have religion for the heart and science for our brains but the head and the heart are afraid of each other because there’s nothing for the ne…
Aristocracy failed because it couldn’t keep some of the people happy all of the time Democracy is failing because
The American cure for the boredom of meaninglessness is not to pursue meaning but to outpace boredom which is why our mass nihilism
The high strung flaneur gives free advice to the good and good advice to the free
Just as in tennis I play to my opponent’s level in relationships
Free will consists of recognizing the inevitable and choosing wisely
Nobody invents themselves so we’re left to choose between perfecting or reinventing ourselve… Nobody’s perfect of course
Everything dear to you? You can take all of that and throw it out the Overton window
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 number one rule For doing a number on us Is taking a number Because when our number comes up It’s only ever because our days ar…
We’ve got enough to go on That there’s enough for everybody So long as we are tough enough But we couldn’t leave well enough… And soon enough