“To learn to die is to learn to live. Death is the giver of life.” — Michael Foley Death Copy Share Image
“The drive to make everything lightweight is depriving us of the the deep reassurance of heft.” — Michael Foley Copy Share Image
“Snatch religion back from the clerics and literature from the critics.” — Michael Foley Books Copy Share Image
Snobbery management is as difficult and necessary as anger management. — Michael Foley Anger Copy Share Image
“As royalty, celebrities and the rich have always known, a smile is the most subtle and satisfying way of shitting on the… — Michael Foley Smile Copy Share Image
“The perfect servant is the one who attends to all the master's whims - anyone can do that - but the one… — Michael Foley Servant Copy Share Image
And a sensible work strategy might be: surrender to the task but not to the taskmaster, become absorbed in the work itself… — Michael Foley Ethos Copy Share Image
“As Seneca put it: ‘The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today.” — Michael Foley Copy Share Image
“Only a determined and resourceful scholar could establish manuscript precedence - but in the race to masturbate on a printed page Proust… — Michael Foley Copy Share Image
Day offers two equally necessary sacraments - the benediction of morning and the absolution of dusk. In the morning coffee blesses and… — Michael Foley Benediction Copy Share Image
After a lifetime of engaging in long, passionate discussions I have come to the conclusion that it is a waste of time… — Michael Foley Conclusion Copy Share Image
“The secret is to persist in the method until ‘reasoned, accurate, clear and beneficial’ behaviour becomes habitual.” — Michael Foley Habits Copy Share Image
“Imagine someone sitting alone in a room without television, radio, computer or phone and with the door closed and the blinds down.… — Michael Foley Computers Copy Share Image
The happiness state, when examined more closely, turns out not to be a point but a range, with contentment at the bottom… — Michael Foley Copy Share Image
It is not possible to be original by trying to be original - those who attempt this in the arts will be… — Michael Foley Accidents Copy Share Image
Put any two people together and each will seek ways of feeling superior to the other. If a ship went down in… — Michael Foley Copy Share Image
The 1970s was the decade of liberation, of anger at injustice and demands for recognition and rights. But over time, the demand… — Michael Foley Anger Copy Share Image
Being constantly the hub of a network of potential interruptions provides the excitement and importance of crisis management. As well as the… — Michael Foley Crisis Copy Share Image
The talent for self-justification is surely the finest flower of human evolution, the greatest achievement of the human brain. When it comes… — Michael Foley Achievement Copy Share Image
Employees hate meetings because they reveal that self-promotion, sycophancy, dissimulation and constantly talking nonsense in a loud confident voice are more impressive… — Michael Foley Copy Share Image
So the absurdity of happiness is that it is embarrassing to discuss or even mention, impossible to define or measure, may not… — Michael Foley Absurdity Copy Share Image
“To survive is to strive. The problem is the tendency to strive for the wrong things, especially to emulate those who have… — Michael Foley Copy Share Image
But who, in the Western world, has not been deranged by a toxic cocktail of dissatisfaction, restlessness, desire and resentment? Who has… — Michael Foley Copy Share Image
“And, like Buddha, Spinoza is often dismissed as a mere seeker of tranquillity – but what he valued most was joy, which… — Michael Foley Human nature Copy Share Image
However, the serious seeker of detachment will have to embrace the Holy Trinity of Ss - Solitude, Stillness and Silence - and… — Michael Foley Copy Share Image
“So a contemporary wedding is like the Olympic Games, a spectacle of detailed research and preparation but lasts only a short time.… — michael foley Man and woman Copy Share Image
But there is a compelling reason to develop a personal strategy for living. Rejecting issues, which often feels liberating, is actually enslavement.… — Michael Foley Copy Share Image
It may well be that an analysis of figures would reveal a law - the duration of a marriage is inversely proportional… — Michael Foley Analysis Copy Share Image
“In sex women are largely guided by their sensible bodies but men are driven crazy by their feverish minds. Men love to… — Michael Foley Enjoy it while it lasts Copy Share Image
“Proust is famous for his rhapsodies on hawthorns but his book has only three of these, whereas there are thirteen scenes in… — Michael Foley Books Copy Share Image
