Status Updates From Beware of Pity

“again and again we fall hopelessly into the foolish error of thinking that Nature sets a special stamp on outstanding individuals so that they may be recognized at a glance.”

The instinct of self deception in human beings makes them try to banish from their minds dangers of which at bottom they are perfectly aware by declaring them nonexistent

The treadmill of a profession… The thread of life spins itself out mechanically…

Chatting away out of sheer inertia