Quote

Transcendence is something between a metaphor and a miracle.

Mason Cooley

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Transcendence
Metaphor
Miracle
Something

More quotes by Mason Cooley

Image
A blocked path also offers guidance.
Mason Cooley
Image
Every doctrine has a theory of the beginning.
Mason Cooley
Image
The only peace is being out of earshot.
Mason Cooley
Image
After I have said what is required by my vanity and my morality, I may find a moment for Truth.
Mason Cooley
Image
Unhappiness is too common to call for special measures.
Mason Cooley
Image
Now defined as art, the totem has lost cult, taboo, and custom.
Mason Cooley
Image
We often mistake the original part of ourselves for a weakness.
Mason Cooley
Image
Envy grieves. Jealousy rages.
Mason Cooley
Image
Our troubles keep us going.
Mason Cooley
Image
After rejection - misery, then thoughts of revenge, and finally, oh well, another try elsewhere.
Mason Cooley
Image
Since events are not metaphors, the literal-minded have a certain advantage in dealing with them.
Mason Cooley
Image
In every death, a busy world comes to an end.
Mason Cooley
Image
Babies and the old are permitted self-absorption. In between, it provokes resentment.
Mason Cooley
Image
Publish in haste and repent at leisure.
Mason Cooley
Image
Profundity often goes past the issue to some deep but useless truth.
Mason Cooley
Image
Some crave grief like strong drink.
Mason Cooley
Image
My aspiration now is to get by luck what I could not get by merit.
Mason Cooley
Image
Looking backward at what has been lost, I feel sad, then indifferent, and at last relieved.
Mason Cooley
Image
The mind demands rules the facts demand exceptions.
Mason Cooley
Image
Truth usually stammers at first.
Mason Cooley