In fragile civilizations Power is used to acquire status And status is just for decoration In resilient civilizations Self-sacrifice is recognized as th…

It is said that It is impossible to define God But this is just because Real power is the opposite of obsc… Nobody knows it when they see it

You know a hipster is aging gracef… When he comes to see that Objects in mirror Are closer than they appear

You cannot make people want What they do not want And wanting it on their behalf When you secretly want what they w… Is a selfish wish that your dreams…

If we’re all afraid of change and if the more things change the more they stay the same then we’re all afraid that nothing will ever really chan…

What’s the difference between wind… When what you desire is behind gla… And Windows shopping When what you desire is behind a s… When it’s behind glass

For twenty years people kept insis… that there was an elephant in the… but I just didn’t see it And then I realized I was the elephant

History’s first lesson– the ABCs– is that, unless coerced not to people kill the ones they hate History’s second lesson–

I am going to delay early retirement until everyone is middle class

“Democracy is the worst form of go… Except for all those other forms t… Since all other forms involve deat… And democracy merely involves symb… But democracy has an illness

The reason God made us mortal Is the reason hiding in plain sigh… So that Knowing we must die anyway We might choose

Make no bones about it I can’t feel a thing in my bones So, I reach for my phone

Much like nuclear weapons the whole point of having vacation days is never to use them

The most common form of fooling ourselves isn’t thinking we’ve got everyone fooled… It’s denial that we’ve fooled anyo…

One woman’s sunk cost is another woman’s sunken treasure