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.