Joy goes as deep as sorrow, but leaves less of itself behind.

Progress may feel more like loss than gain.

Reason cannot break out of its own loop.

Outside literature, high-flown sentiments are merely exasperating.

A theology whose god is a metaphor is wasting its time.

The limits of prudence: one cannot jump out of a burning building gradually.

Intellectuals have opinions on subjects they just heard about five minutes ago.