Men will take almost any kind of criticism except the observation that they have no sense of humor.

Is it larger than a bread box?

No philosophy, sadly, has all the answers. No matter how assured we may be about certain aspects of our belief, there are always painful inconsistencies, excep…

In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. In our actual society we insist they be cheerleaders.

The make-up sat on the surface of my skin like scrambled egg.

Arrogant, pompous, obnoxious, vain, cruel, verbose, a showoff. I have been called all of these. Of course, I am.

Epictetus goes much further when he asks: Why do we not lose our temper if someone tells us that we have a headache, while we do lose it if someone says there …