Masks are what they seem to be; not so the faces beneath them. — Mason Cooley Beneath Copy Share Image
Explanations comfort us by giving the impression that there is an order in things. — Mason Cooley Comfort Copy Share Image
The horse stares at its captor, barely remembering the free kicks of youth. — Mason Cooley Horse Copy Share Image
Every few years something new breaks into the circle of my thoughts. — Mason Cooley Break Copy Share Image
Pessimists fear becoming the dupes of Hope. Optimists enjoy Hope's company, and consider being duped no great matter. — Mason Cooley Becoming Copy Share Image
Great men wait for the right moment to abandon caution. The rest of us abandon it when impatience becomes too much for… — Mason Cooley Abandon Copy Share Image
Listen to what people say about themselves; they will tell you everything you need to know. — Mason Cooley Communication Copy Share Image
To avoid tripping on the chain of the past, you have to pick it up and wind it about you. — Mason Cooley Chain Copy Share Image
Spirituality now wanders from sex to drugs to art to revolution to violence--whatever seems to promise deliverance from the quotidian. — Mason Cooley Art Copy Share Image
An illicit love affair seems sweetly old-fashioned in the age of one night stands and orgies. — Mason Cooley Affair Copy Share Image
Loving, not the beloved, is the joy of love. The beloved, knowing this, most resolutely declines to be grateful. — Mason Cooley Be grateful Copy Share Image
The Insignificance of Man is a congenial theme; my own insignificance is a sore point. — Mason Cooley Insignificance Copy Share Image
