[M]ost of our daily news is inert, consisting of information that gives us something to talk about but cannot lead to any meaningful action. (68).
I'm still chasing girls. I don't remember what for, but I'm still chasing them.
...because he believed that if you wanted to get rid of a hole, you filled it. He had not realized at the time that there were all sorts of filler that took up space, but had no substance. That made you feel just as empty.
Action can make you laugh. But just because you are glad. Even if there is no meaning.
No one can display or can cultivate a fervent zeal in the mere repetition of a form.
The quoting of an aphorism, like the angry barking of a dog or the smell of overcooked broccoli, rarely indicates that something helpful is about to happen.
That which makes much noise and does nothing useful.
When you do something just because it is needed, you involve yourself totally without it meaning anything to you, then action becomes liberating.
Four snakes gliding up and down a hollow for no purpose that I could see - not to eat, not for love, but only gliding.
