It has to be displayed, this face, on a more or less horizontal plane. Imagine a man wearing a mask, read more

It has to be displayed, this face, on a more or less horizontal plane. Imagine a man wearing a mask, and imagine that the elastic which holds the mask on has just broken, so that the man (rather than let the mask slip off) has to tilt his head back and balance the mask on his real face. This is the kind of tyranny which Lawson's face exerts over the rest of his body as he cruises along the corridors. He doesn't look down his nose at you, he looks along his nose.

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop read more

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit on a hot stove lid again - and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore. -Mark Twain.

To do nothing is also a good remedy.

To do nothing is also a good remedy.

I find it unusual that it is more socially acceptable to complain about what you have than it is to read more

I find it unusual that it is more socially acceptable to complain about what you have than it is to ask for what you want.

A free man is a jealous of his responsibilities as he is of his liberties.

A free man is a jealous of his responsibilities as he is of his liberties.

Thought is a dangerous thing; it makes one see that the popular notions of society are wrong.

Thought is a dangerous thing; it makes one see that the popular notions of society are wrong.

Only those who have learned a lot are in a position to admit how little they know.

Only those who have learned a lot are in a position to admit how little they know.

Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.

Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.

I bring to my life a certain amount of mess.

I bring to my life a certain amount of mess.