Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a read more

Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, "I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.".

There is never a better measure of what a person is than what he does when he is absolutely free read more

There is never a better measure of what a person is than what he does when he is absolutely free to choose.

Humans have the ability to shift perspective. We can experience the world through our senses. Or we can remove ourselves read more

Humans have the ability to shift perspective. We can experience the world through our senses. Or we can remove ourselves from our senses and experience the world even less directly. We can think about our life, rather than thinking in our life. We can think about what we think about our life, and we can think about what we think about that. We can shift perceptual positions many times over.

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

I do not like 'but yet, it does allay
The good precedence: fie upon 'but yet,'
'But read more

I do not like 'but yet, it does allay
The good precedence: fie upon 'but yet,'
'But yet' is as a jailer to bring forth
Some monstrous malefactor.

That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.

That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.

Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself
and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen read more

Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself
and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen to the sound of
your own voice, you can rise above doubt and judgment. And you
can see forever.

It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.

It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.