Envy is ashamed of itself. If it weren’t hanging back, it would go all the way to emulation and love. - James Richardson

Suppose you had to remember to beat your heart, contract in exact sequence the muscles you use for every step. … Conservatism comes out of the body, the sense of many things being done for us that any attempt to re-think, or even make conscious, would fatally disrupt.

Say too soon what you think and you will say what everyone else thinks.

I lied. And my embarrassment was so great that I changed everything else to make the lie true.