Logic and fact keep interfering with the easy flow of conversation. Mason Cooley More Quotes by Mason Cooley More Quotes From Mason Cooley Treat unhappiness as a defect and fewer would embrace it. Mason Cooley embracetreatsunhappiness Children enjoy inflicting pain until unhappiness teaches them tenderness. Mason Cooley unhappinesspainchildren The unhappy are prisoners of a single round of thought. Mason Cooley prisonerunhappinessunhappy I wish you joy of your unhappiness, since you cling to it so. Mason Cooley unhappinesswishjoy Attacking a belief can be the first step toward embracing it. Mason Cooley beliefstepsfirsts Skepticism may undermine beliefs, but never belief. Mason Cooley skepticismbeliefmay Belief forages, moving from pasture to pasture. Mason Cooley pasturesbeliefmoving I would like to be a figment of my own imagination, but belly and bowels will not permit. Mason Cooley figmentspermitimagination Existence is not a mystery unless you think it has a meaning. Mason Cooley existencemysterythinking We often mistake the original part of ourselves for a weakness. Mason Cooley originalityweaknessmistake Originality is in the eye of the beholder. Mason Cooley beholderoriginalityeye Originality finds the unexpected but inevitable next step. Mason Cooley next-stepsoriginalityunexpected Home again, I can groan, scratch, and talk to myself. Mason Cooley scratchesi-canhome The grand style is available now only in old poems, museums, and parodies. Mason Cooley parodystylemuseums The noble style immobilizes its subjects. Mason Cooley stylesubjectsnoble Style disdains comfort and is always ready to sacrifice virtue. Mason Cooley sacrificestylecomfort If you have no power, talk about your influence. If you have power, talk about the constraints that hem you in. Mason Cooley heminfluencepower Lawyers may reason powerfully, but power settles most issues. Mason Cooley issuespowerlaw The party out of office becomes the articulate one. Mason Cooley partyofficepower Power makes gods. Virtue makes martyrs. Mason Cooley virtuepowergod
