There often seems to be a playfulness to wise people, as if either their equanimity has as its source this playfulness or the playfulness flows from equanimity; and they can persuade other people who are in a state of agitation to calm down and smile.

To relive the relationship between owner and slave we can consider how we treat our cars and dogs - a dog exercising a somewhat similar leverage on our mercies and an automobile being comparable in value to a slave in those days

If a person sings quietly to himself on the street people smile with approval; but if he talks it's not alright; they think he's crazy. The singer is presumed to be happy and the talker unhappy.

Many people have believed that they were Chosen, but none more baldly than the Texans.

Sophistication" is another word for that inventive mix of tolerance, resilience, and resourcefulness city people develop.

Men greet each other with a sock on the arm, women with a hug, and the hug wears better in the long run.

It would be hard to define chaos better than as a world where children decide they don't want to live.