Hatred strikes me as one of the few signs of life remaining in the world. This is another thing about the world which is upsidedown: all the friendly and likable people seem dead to me; only the haters seem alive.

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You can get all A's and still flunk life.

You can get all A's and still flunk life.

Why it is that of all the billions and billions of strange objects in the...

Why it is that of all the billions and billions of strange objects in the...

Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past.

Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past.

We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away.

We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away.

What she didn't understand, she being spiritual and seeing religion as spirit, was that it...

What she didn't understand, she being spiritual and seeing religion as spirit, was that it...

The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness...

The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness...

You live in a deranged age, more deranged that usual, because in spite of great...

You live in a deranged age, more deranged that usual, because in spite of great...

Age, like distance, lends a double charm.

Age, like distance, lends a double charm.

The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot...

The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot...

You, the American people, have made our passage into the global information age an era...

You, the American people, have made our passage into the global information age an era...

Children from the age of five to ten should watch more television. Television depicts adults...

Children from the age of five to ten should watch more television. Television depicts adults...

Youth is not measured by the age of a person, but by the curiosity a...

Youth is not measured by the age of a person, but by the curiosity a...

Everything that goes up must come down. But there comes a time when not everything...

Everything that goes up must come down. But there comes a time when not everything...

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

The control of nature is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the Neanderthal age...

The control of nature is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the Neanderthal age...

The mind is totally attached to Maya; the mortal has forgotten his fear of old...

The mind is totally attached to Maya; the mortal has forgotten his fear of old...

As for my father, few souls are less troubled. He can be simply pleased with...

As for my father, few souls are less troubled. He can be simply pleased with...

I'm inspired by people who keep on rolling, no matter their age.

I'm inspired by people who keep on rolling, no matter their age.

Though age from folly could not give me freedom, It does from childishness.

Though age from folly could not give me freedom, It does from childishness.

We hope to grow old, and we dread old age; that is to say, we...

We hope to grow old, and we dread old age; that is to say, we...

After a day spent staring at a computer monitor, think of (a) book as a...

After a day spent staring at a computer monitor, think of (a) book as a...