The beginning of self-knowledge: recognizing that your motives are the same as other people's.
To remain mysterious, say little and do nothing.
Confess to the misdeeds you cannot hide.
Travelling, I worry about luggage, prices, and strange food. At home, I am free to broaden my mind by thinking about the higher things.
If I could do my life over, I would try to cleanse at least my pleasures of self-pity.
Cynicism has its own zealots.