Reality, unlike perception, cannot be changed by propaganda.

The notion that better engineering can solve all our problems is rooted in an ignorance of non-linear systems and selective/wishful thinking.

Once a citizen receives a direct payment from the state, the state has purchased their complicity

So now that the illusion of infinite growth is being exposed, the corresponding ballooning entitlements that enticed the larger public to become complicit in the illusion are becoming unglued.

Humans are wired to feel uncomfortable with uncertainty and contingency, and so we gravitate to a position after a short time even if we have no new information.

If you use your mind to study reality, you won't understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you'll understand both.

As long as you have a Cell Phone you're never alone

Rules like 'don't wear white after Labor Day' or 'shoes matching the handbag' are antiquated. Modern women should feel free to experiment.

Nothing is more important than life. Nothing. You realise the simplicity of that point only when you confront death everyday.

While fad diets might seem like the quick-fix solution to lose weight, they won't help you get healthy in the long run.

I like to connect to people in the virtual world, exchanging thoughts and ideas, when in the physical world we might never have the opportunity to cross paths.

To me, as a visual artist, I don't want to get into the theory of Buddhism. There are many Buddhism theories and they fight each other, like Christians as well.

The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.

The happier people can be, the unhappier they are.

If you will not lend me the money, how can I pay you?