“The most effective people are introverts who are extroverted in small groups of people. Or very large ones.” Little bits of wisdom from a...

“When in France and Italy, eat the pasta and bread. In the United States, don’t.” Little bits of wisdom from a small, pewter Otus...

“Useful fictions are only useful if we don’t know they’re fictions.” Little bits of wisdom from a small, pewter Otus RSS Feed

“A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be...

As I pass through my incarnations in every age and race,I make my proper prostrations to the Gods of the Market Place.Peering through reverent...

The Daily Owl says, “All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.” (James...

The Daily Owl says, “Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.” (George Santayana) Little bits of wisdom from a...

The Daily Owl says, “All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.” (Aristotle) Little bits of wisdom from a small, pewter Otus RSS Feed

The Daily Owl says, “The greatest mystery is not that we have been flung at random between the profusion of matter and of the...

The Daily Owl says, “The threat of death is the most common symbol for anxiety, but most of us in our ‘civilized’ era do...

The Daily Owl says, “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would...

The Daily Owl says, “Provided we have the right type of rigor, we need randomness, mess, adventures, uncertainty, self-discovery, near-traumatic episodes–all these things that...