"The 24/7 internet connection means we're never really free and we always feel behind. The Internet also continually entices us to explore its options through hyperlinks and ads so we can spend a lot of time on things for which we have little to show, adding to our unrest."

“It is equally unreasonable to run a university as a "participatory democracy," the approach to governance that once existed in Europe. That approach in European institutions of higher learning was appealing to professors because it was democratic. But those institutions also suffered because they lacked an executive decision-making process; making changes became virtually impossible.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

“The things that have come into being change continually. The man with a good memory remembers nothing because he forgets nothing.”

“Mexico is offering a $3.8 million reward for information leading to the capture of the escaped billionaire drug lord, El Chapo. Mexico said they'll get the money by borrowing it from El Chapo.”

“One religion after another has accepted and perpetuated man's original mistake in making a private servant of the mother of the race.”

“judge not that ye be not judged”

“Selfishness beats altruism within groups. Altruistic groups beat selfish groups. Everything else is commentary.”

Source : David Sloan Wilson (2015). “Does Altruism Exist?: Culture, Genes, and the Welfare of Others”, p.71, Yale University Press

“Habit is the best thing for you if you’re trying to write prose.”

“I bet that if you actually read the entire vastness of the U.S. Tax Code, you'd find at least one sex scene . . .”