The gist

The details are seductive, but the gist is often enough.

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Our stories

Our best (and worst) stories address what we don't know but long to understand.

Getting it right

Getting it right is so hard, so rare, that it should always be recognized, celebrated.

Poetry egg

Hope

People embrace hope to distract themselves from disappointment.

Your self

Find yourself
by losing your self.

I am

I am what I am whether anyone acknowledges it or not.

Reward

Reward is how we imagine punishment in order to bear it.

Hubris

Hubris is the gout of the soul.

Ending

Our obsession with happy endings
reveals our obsession with ending.

Treasure

We treasure what we measure with love.

Of life & death

Life is louder; death is larger.

Money

A society built on money is one thing, but a culture based on money is an abomination.

Meaning

The concept of meaning is meaningless.

Directions (Moss)

Directions only work if you know where you're going.

Robert Moss, from "If You Spill A Dragon"

Euphemism

Euphemism emerges from the mouth of the hypocrite.

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On tradition

Tradition is just the habits and practices of those who preceded you.

On progress

The fact that much of what people term "progress" is not should not deter one from what is.