If you want to win friends and inf… Find out what they care about (This is easy) Ask them about it (This is significantly harder)

One would think the earth is flat “Unless” as the Coen brothers put it “round is funny”

The pandemic lockdowns were the pa… and penultimate nonevent because o… limits of human imagination– We could only imagine shutting everything down

At work They know me by my secret identity The mild-mannered Clark Kent But at home with my family I can relax and let them see the r…

People will only tell the truth when they think they can get away with it For example, perjury laws only wor… by publicly threatening jail time

Staring at your phone came to be known as the thousand yard stare

The central paradox of our broken world is known through the feeling of unsurprised disappointment Hope is the belief

The Imaginary: I disagree with what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it The Symbolic:

My soul is the sole part of me My body makes me one of us My mind is made up Of body and soul– So, just like you, I am

All raw deals Are some version of the following: If we screw up You’ll keep your mouth shut Because if you draw attention to i…

Behaviorists insist that the mind is a black box which makes it an utter mystery

If the soul is eternal then self-overcoming more than becoming who you really… is becoming who you always were It’s like peeling away

Step up to bat– It’s you against the world First base– Doubt yourself Second base–

What I lack in subtlety I make up for in volume

Acting locally solved climate change but now instead of a life or death situati… which at least had a degree of rom…