Spiritual sloth, or acedia, was known as The Sin of the Middle Ages. It's the sin of my middle age, too.

We are all such a waste of our potential, like three-way lamps using one-way bulbs.

We have to call it "freedom": who'd want to die for "a lesser tyranny"

The neurotic believes that life has meaning, but that his life hasn't.

Whenever we safely land in a plane, we promise God a little something.

Women are the right age for just a few years; men, for most of their lives.

When their children fail to charm others, few parents can stay neutral.