“In middle age, I practiced feeling old, but the real thing has been a rude surprise.” Has BeensRealFeelingsAgeMiddleSurpriseOld AgeRudeMiddle AgesReal Things Author:Mason Cooley
“Human experience depends on everything that can influence states of the human brain, ranging from changes in our genome to changes in the global economy.” HumansStatesBrainEconomyInfluenceDependsHuman ExperienceHuman BrainGlobal EconomyGenome Author:Sam Harris
“After ages of bombast, the rhetoric of virtue has become ironic and shy.” AgeVirtueShyIronicRhetoric Author:Mason Cooley
“Vice is a dreary business. And virtue is not a lot of fun, either.” FunVirtueVicesDreary Author:Mason Cooley
“Good manners can render even virtue tolerable.” VirtueMannersGood ManGood MannersTolerable Author:Mason Cooley
“Family romances are the only ones that never turn out happily.” RomanceTurnsFamily Author:Mason Cooley