American - Writer | 1927 - 2002
Flattery and insults raise the same question: What do you want?
Mason Cooley
YouFlatteryWantQuestionInsults
Innocence is thought charming because it offers delightful possibilities for exploitation.
ThoughtInnocencePossibilities
Self-hatred and self-love are equally self-centered.
Self-LoveSelf-CenteredEqually
Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves.
MomentCompassionRise AboveRiseUs
I know that I am what I am. But I am not sure what I am.
I AmI Am What I AmKnowSureAm
Faith moves mountains, but you have to keep pushing while you are praying.
FaithMountainsYouKeepPushing
If you call failures experiments, you can put them in your resume and claim them as achievements.
WisdomYouResumeExperimentsCall
In the street, the gaze of desire is furtive or menacing.
DesireStreetGazeMenacing
Minds will wander even during the Last Judgment.
WanderWillMindsJudgmentLast
Death is frightening, and so is Eternal Life.
LifeDeathEternal LifeEternal
Stated clearly enough, an idea may cancel itself out.
EnoughOutClearlyMayIdeaCancel
Kindness eases everything almost as much as money does.
KindnessMoneyEverythingAlmost
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