Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, read more

Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, when the defect is in the judgment; and others, by grasping at all, retain nothing.

Imitation is the sincerest form of television.

Imitation is the sincerest form of television.

He who lets time rule him will live the life of a slave.

He who lets time rule him will live the life of a slave.

I feel bad that I don't feel worse.

I feel bad that I don't feel worse.

Memory is the greatest of artists, and effaces from your mind what is unnecessary.

Memory is the greatest of artists, and effaces from your mind what is unnecessary.

First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is.

First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is.

Some of us still get all weepy when we think about the Gaia Hypothesis, the idea that earth is a read more

Some of us still get all weepy when we think about the Gaia Hypothesis, the idea that earth is a big furry goddess-creature who resembles everybody's mom in that she knows what's best for us. But if you look at the historical record -- Krakatoa, Mt. Vesuvius, Hurricane Charley, poison ivy, and so forth down the ages -- you have to ask yourself: Whose side is she on, anyway?

Analysis brings no curative powers in its train; it merely makes us conscious of the existence of an evil, which, read more

Analysis brings no curative powers in its train; it merely makes us conscious of the existence of an evil, which, oddly enough, is consciousness.

Honor is the moral conscience of the great.

Honor is the moral conscience of the great.