Operating in an unlit world, the unconscious mind is a brilliant detective.

There is no way of steering successfully between a failed situation and a failed self except by stopping and taking our bearings.

Operating in an unlit world, the unconscious mind is a brilliant detective.

Every life is a dilemma that must be solved by the person living it.

Most people ask of their friends that they understand them, but, on balance, I think I prefer a friend who understands himself.

Almost anything can be stretched to serve more people by being added to a white sauce or canned gravy or undiluted or very slightly diluted canned soup and served over noodles or rice. With chops or chocolate eclairs, however, the only solution is to claim you don't like them.

If you defy the system long enough you'll be rewarded. At first life takes revenge and reduces you to a sniveling mess. But keep sniveling, have the madness, the audacity, to do what interests you, forget about your pension, and eventually life will say all right, we'll let you do it.