Sanity is balance in a world of sensual impressions balanced precariously upon the point of normalcy; either that, or else (when performed on a daily basis) it is all a bit more mundane, and then nobody bothers to worry about it much.

The lives of inferior beings must seem so unimportant; which, partly at least, is why they must also seem so inferior as well.

Being reticent with someone keeps him in his place, but doing so doesn’t necessarily tell him where to get off as well, for that we must try harder.

To be too quiet in not acceptable behaviour in good company, as it says things about you that you’d rather remain unsaid.

Why bother telling someone what is so isn’t what he thinks is so? As that is the sort of basic misunderstanding which, simply through his own freedom of choice, naturally hobbles him most effectively, and so is his problem, not yours, unless you make it so.

It is a great eye-opener to forget what you’ve just read, as then you can go back and read it again and be much more sure of your boredom, confusion and ignorance than you were before you began.

Understand the concept of greed and you have something there that you can take away with you from it which is just for you, but nobody else.

Human life is monkey-magic in a monkey-puzzle tree; there is no other reasonable explanation.

Introducing us to ourselves, I thought: “Right monkeys!”

Humour brings the low, high, and the high, low, but not necessarily in that order.

The first constructive thing most nice people will do when your presence bothers them slightly is to tell you to go away swiftly—and rightly so!

We laugh most heartily at other people’s problems because our own are more serious to us, and so aren’t so funny as all that. But somehow, that all sounds much more democratic.

If ever you need a helping hand in the jungle of forgotten dreams, they’ll hand you “the monkey’s paw” for your troubles.

Only the true authoritarian knows what a powerful tool he holds in his hands.

In the midst of plenty someone is always starving; however, you can’t possibly blame him much for that.

Probably the most irritating mistake to make while in a hurry is the one that we have made most pains to avoid in hurrying.

To think up an original thought is to step on the toes of someone who has been tiptoeing around there before, but just couldn’t have seen it coming.

When you’re not paying attention most people will love to muck about with your time, but while it’s hard to catch them at it they do it none the less.

What can be said about not being able to understand what needs to be understood because we don’t know what it means, except to say, “That’s enough of that today”?

What can one say after one says, “it was meant to be,” other than to say, “I guess so”?

There’s an infinite amount of things one can choose to do, but then one could always choose to do nothing instead.

If you’re sensible, you don’t want to know about things you don’t want to be affected by, by mistake.

Maturity comes with a faint whiff of marsh gas about it, which is why most people put their noses up while they’re about it.

Subtlety is the spice of life, without which there is only the continued blandness of some sort of incomprehension.

Beware of he who isn’t eager, as he isn’t “one of us” and may even be “one of them.”

A real man will not converse with a lesser man, but will discuss “it” at length with his mates.

It is a great mistake to sit down and do nothing, for nothing will be done, and there’s not much that can be done about that.

When someone tells you to fuck off, then you can both laugh about it later.

Accepting your limitations can be the beginnings of using that to create a new viewpoint on your life. You make of that what you wish.

Never assume that somebody who you trust completely would have any better insights than you into what you should be doing with yourself.

If what you know isn’t quite correct; then what you do next should be much better understood than that.

For all the fanaticism of the fanatic the fanatical man cannot see it for what it is for himself.

It’s fortunate that we’re not smart enough to comprehend everything happening to us, because if we could we couldn’t get our heads around it.

Do not simply assume that the person you’re holding an interesting conversation with is talking solely to you, as he could simply be talking to himself.

When you start to ignore someone in your sphere of influence he’ll ignore you right back much worse, then you’ll notice him right enough.

Dominance postures induce receptive-acceptance procedures—now, you either “go away,” or, alternatively, you’re here to stay and “prove it.”

The appearance of happiness is the custom-made defence of the “jollity along a bit”—or else you risk being thought of by people as being highly-strung.

One should only step over somebody when he’s dead, as when he’s alive he doesn’t much like it.

What does it take to really want to do what you should want to do, a healthy sense of “checking it out”?

You can be honourable without being reckless, but it’s an odd kettle of fish to deal with.

Opinions are like arseholes: everybody has got one and they always go off when least expected.

To focus on something important in time, is to touch on its unique essence in a moment of pure revelation.

There is a limiting factor to limitations: you don’t always know where their limits lie.

Sometimes, you can have nothing left to drive you, which can be a driving force in itself; or, sometimes, it isn’t.

Expect nothing from the world and you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

Sometimes, you can’t get what you want when you want it, which must be annoying.

One’s own stupidity doesn’t have to be thought about too much, but to be done well it does need to be accomplished properly.

Intelligent people must think without having to think about it too much, while fools must do the same thing but do it quicker.

One’s amusement at seeing another person’s embarrassment over his exposure is part of the course in human society, while being in a position to be embarrassed isn’t often so amusing.

Preening is the dividing line between the wallys and the wankers, although they may not see it quite that way.

When it comes right down to it, you must owe complete strangers precisely what they owe you: nothing whatsoever except an occasional long, cold stare.

The only thing there is to bargain with is your life, which always has a relative value.

Sticking one’s neck out over nothing in particular over nobody of relevance, is the mundane prerogative of fabulous fools doing their Freudian bit for the cause of human misunderstanding in general.

The “frighteners” hiding away amongst us try to use that which frightens us most with impunity, and the point is that it’s best used like that.

By analogy, we usually gauge other people’s strength by our own strengths and not by our truly gauging theirs.

Just because you may not have understood all the right answers is not always because you did not think to ask all the right questions, but it will usually be the case.

The difference between feeling all right and not feeling all right mainly lies still in tomorrow’s promises.

It appears that even a genius can feel a failure, if failure is part of his genius.

One of the most amusing things about learning something is that it can be forgotten, and forgotten so completely that it is forgotten that you learnt it.

Triviality has a major limit to it: it may only be fully achieved through making the right effort.

Since all proof is probably derived through analogy, any proof can apparently be effectively denied by belief.

What has been done should obviously be put aside, after all, there’s not much else that can be done with it.

Water under the bridge is just that: the liquid essence of time.

For agreement’s sake let’s agree to be agreeable, as being disagreeable is quite unacceptable to those without much use for it.

Loyalty must be shown to those who wish to see it—among friends it must be viewed as a kind of flashing.

In the push and shove of mild insinuations there is always room enough for you to be pushed out of the human equation.

There is no individual freedom amongst the crowd, only the pleasingly warm, all persuasive compulsion to do as you’re been told.

As familiarity in social circles encourages contempt, thus the more familiar you are in social circles the more contemptible you can become to nobody in particular.

What you are not you cannot be, but that is no justification for why others should be allowed to tell you exactly what you are without a good enough excuse for doing it.

Nobody has the right to destroy anybody else’s belief in himself, but that won’t stop people from trying. The question then arises as to what will?

Perfect paranoia entails checking out what needs to be checked because you’ve probably been lied to anyway, but just don’t know it yet.

To be able to believe what cannot be proved must still be quite puzzling, but then that can still prove quite satisfying to all those who believe it none the less.

It is true that in seeking through analogy the reality of your predicament your mind will be relieved of mental cramp. Or is that crap?

Undue pressure is an illusion of the present moment, as only what needs to be done is the right thing to do, whatever that may be.

Courtesy needs to have a use beyond courtesy itself to be useful beyond the limits of manipulation; but then it would be useless.

To swiftly recognize how easy it is to be an idiot is not also to recognize it’s impending immediacy present in oneself.

The difficulty in reacting to something is directly reacting to an incorrect assumption, after which you are being compelled to act.

A man’s behaviour in society is chock-full of a never-ending series of dominance-subservience gestures; while the most amusing thing about that is that he usually doesn’t recognize them for what they are while he performs them.

You should never over-react, as it shall be noticed; nor should you under-react, as you shall be categorized. Only balance is permissible, and that varies for the occasion.

When it comes down to displays of emotion the chimpanzee is no match for the rubber-faced human being, even if they are kissing cousins.

People thrive in society through securing agreement, which is usually the sort of thing that makes them so disagreeable.

If those who, in their lack of drive and moral weakness, make you queasy, then at least you have taste enough to know why; although that alone never makes you better than they are, even if you don’t quite know why that is.

In reality, your time is your own to do with as you wish, where the main decision is when, not whether, to attempt to use people for what they’re worth.

For the comfort of the whole, the group will always be willing to sacrifice at least one of its members for the sake of conformity within the group, and probably a few more as well.

Your betrayal of your own interests must be very much like a betrayal of yourself; as, in a way, they are really very similar in their consequences: personal destruction.

Is it always right to withhold tacit approval from those people whom you disapprove of? Well it may be right, but what feels so right must be wrong to feel so good as well.

All intelligent primates will respond personally to the authority of their peer group with a winning smile, to say nothing about doing it with a nod and a wink.

Lisping, stuttering people––there’s something queer about them—probably a lack of concentration.

There is something to be said about knowing what to say as we says it when it needs to be said, as most people haven’t got a clue about what to do about what to say whenever they actually have to say something important enough to be said clearly.

Much of the human environment is esoteric, that is, you don’t know what’s going to get you before it’s been done.

There is nothing about coincidence that can be called neutral, however, there is that which can be called “interesting”, as it is so curious an event to us as human beings.

Finding out for certain in the ordinary course of events just how ordinary you are can be an extra-ordinary event, particularly when it is most naturally associated with being such an ordinary human being.

The subtle point that you have missed cannot be all that important to you, until that time when it comes up and whacks you in the face with it’s actuality.

Ideally, being disliked causes belligerence in its intended victim. As he’s not there to be liked by his enemies, he should at least know how best to deal with them in like manner.

Human life is selfish; if it is not selfish it is not lived. It is about knowingly going one step beyond just being friendly.

Dishonesty is a tool; it may not stop people lying to you, but you know where it’s coming from and that’s a real advantage. But honestly, honesty is really overrated amongst the misinformed.

Petty theft may not be so obviously immoral to an amoral character, but at least it should be paid for on credit.

Maybe you don’t have to be liked to do what needs to be done, but if you can blame someone or something else for it then maybe you don’t have to be hated for it as well.

Someone convinced against his will has just been delayed from making his attack, but probably only so long as he’s got his enemy’s foot on his head.

Those who live best by condescension and deferral naturally, naturally get on best with those others who know them better than they know themselves…

Some people have no valuable personal morality at all in regards to other people’s needs, and that’s a strong code of ethics in its own right.

To apportion blame effectively is to adjust your personal environment to your innermost needs, preferably at the expense of “that most obnoxious object of your spleen” who just so happens to be standing nearest to you at the time.

Life is full of little subtle lessons of the day; if you don’t understand this then you’re fingered as the dunce (to be stuck in the darkest corner of the landscape).

Passing time, in the human landscape, goes: slowly, quickly, faster, all according as to how you feel about it at the time; but, inevitably, it all goes in one direction, after all.

Accepting blame shouldn’t be tolerably acceptable, even when you want it.

There are those who follow, and those who lead; both are as bad as each other when they decide to go round in circles together.