There's a theory that snoring at night in sleep is a subconscious defence reflex-a warning sound that frightened potential predators away from the mouth of the cave when our lower-paleolithic ancestors huddled in vulnerable sleep. That group of nomads, cameleers, sheep and goat herders, farmers, and guerilla fighters lent credibility to the idea, for they snored so thunderously and with such persistent ferocity through the long, cold night that they would've frightened a pride of ravenous lions into scattering like startled mice.

The truth is that, no matter what kind of game you find yourself in, no matter how good or bad the luck, you can change your life completely with a single thought or a single act of love

Anything that can be put in a nut shell should remain there.

Sometimes you break your heart in the right way, if you know what I mean.

Praising people behind their back is monstrously unfair, because the one thing you can't defend yourself against is the good that people say about you.

Every virtuous act is inspired by a dark secret.

One, what would happen if everyone did this thing? Two, would this help or hinder the movement toward universal ultimate complexity?