Meditation is a way to be narcissistic without hurting anyone

An erudite is someone who displays less than he knows; a journalist or consultant the opposite.

Every social association that is not face-to-face is injurious to your health.

Never take advice from anyone in a tie. They'll bankrupt you. Don't ask a general for advice on war, and don't ask a broker for advice on money.

In the United States large corporations control some members of Congress. All this does is delay the corporation’s funeral at our expense.

When you ask people, 'What's the opposite of fragile?,' they tend to say robust, resilient, adaptable, solid, strong. That's not it. The opposite of fragile is something that gains from disorder.

Muscles without strength, friendship without trust, opinion without risk, change without aesthetics, age without values, food without nourishment, power without fairness, facts without rigor, degrees without erudition, militarism without fortitude, progress without civilization, complication without depth, fluency without content; these are the sins to remember.