Thinking about the universe has now been handed over to specialists. The rest of us merely read about it.
Sentimentality is the respect the cold-hearted pay to feeling.
When courtesy fails, be nasty, brutish, and short.
Every few years something new breaks into the circle of my thoughts.
The beginning of self-knowledge: recognizing that your motives are the same as other people's.
The truth usually has a slightly ugly look.