The past is ignorant of the present. Be careful in taking its advice. — Mason Cooley Advice Copy Share Image
Ideas about life organize perception; names of emotions organize sensations; rules of syntax organize thought. But pain comes on its own. — Mason Cooley Emotion Copy Share Image
The sage belongs to the same obsolete repertory as the virtuous maiden and the enlightened monarch. — Mason Cooley Enlightened Copy Share Image
A restaurant with candles and flowers evokes more reveries than the Isle of Bali does. — Mason Cooley Bali Copy Share Image
Thank God for the passing of the discomforts and vile cuisine of the age of chivalry! — Mason Cooley Age Copy Share Image
Suspense combines curiosity with fear and pulls them up a rising slope. — Mason Cooley Curiosity Copy Share Image
Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth — Mason Cooley Hedonism Copy Share Image
Our vices are attempts to combine self-medication and enjoyment. — Mason Cooley Enjoyment Copy Share Image
Boredom, not the will, is the mother of change. Necessity is the father. — Mason Cooley Boredom Copy Share Image
All history and art are against us, but we still expect happiness in love. — Mason Cooley Art Copy Share Image
Your need to talk does not create in me a need to listen. — Mason Cooley Communication Copy Share Image
