Nothing easier than to confuse busyness with goodness.

Against classical philosophy: thinking about eternity or the immensity of the universe does not lessen my unhappiness.

Analysis is more likely to adjust evidence than to adjust itself.

Sometimes the only way to become grounded is to hit bottom.

Since events are not metaphors, the literal-minded have a certain advantage in dealing with them.

For many, immaturity is an ideal, not a defect.

Charity does not like arithmetic; selfishness worships it.