Wisdom

If 9 out of 10 grandmothers selected from 10 respective cultures can agree it is evil, then it's evil. Cut it out.

There are few things so disarming as one who laughs well at her own expense.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, all the more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyone has a small part of himself in both.

Angry issues need settling time.

But now I understand something more fully that I once only understood abstractly. I see how utterly ridiculous it is to think that the state can be the right means to help those who are poor or living at the margins of society. The state is their enemy, as it is for everyone else.

Perhaps these pages are more particularly addressed to poor students. As for the rest of my readers, they will accept such portions as apply to them. I trust that none will stretch the seams in putting on the coat, for it may do good service to him whom it fits.

I preach darkness. I don't inspire hope—only shadows. It's up to you to find the light in my words.

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it.

Older people shouldn't eat health food, they need all the preservatives they can get.

Curiouser and curiouser.

What was the opposite of linkage blindness? What described being certain of something without any kind of evidence?.

A sense of humor is good for you. Have you ever heard of a laughing hyena with heart burn?

Kindness and caring are ambrosia for the soul.

Sapiens don’t behave according to a cold mathematical logic, but rather according to a warm social logic. We are ruled by emotions.

I learned the rules mastered them like a pro. Then break them easily like an artist without any trouble.' ― Sage Canny.

Stars don’t need words to be heard.

It was interesting the way a small hate could grow inside a big hate and take it over.

He was interested in the shadow herself - how her mind worked, what motivated her, her essence, how she came to be. It was a fascinating phenomenon.

There are white people who know how to act politely to blacks, but deep down you know they're uncomfortable. They're worse, more dangerous than those who speak their minds, because they don't know what they're capable of.

I always hated guys who were so damn wrapped up in themselves they thought they could do no wrong.” He gave a mirthless laugh. “Turns out I’m one of them.