Sunday 22 April 2012

Mostly, it is better to argue a point of contention than to let it pass, as, in that way, it does not get the opportunity of bothering you for the rest of your life so easily, or without being challenged for it.

To find out what happens next of any consequence, just wait a while for things to settle down.

Rejecting the proffered hand of a stranger can even be quite disconcerting to its surprised receiver.

Vanity is a strange sort of egoistical thing, especially if you haven’t got much to be vain about.

Sometimes, and for his numerous sins of omission, even good advice can be a bad joke to someone it is inflicted upon for his own good.

To fail to have used time profitably is not to have had time against you, but to have used the time you had against yourself.

In searching for a good enough reason to do something meaningful it is usually to be completely hidden from you until you find one worthwhile.

The truth can be perceived as being quite a relative thing, especially when one starts lying about it.

In effect, human life is full of inconsiderate little lies, but then the real problem is that people expect you to believe them.

You can’t keep a good man down, so you’ll just have to keep on struggling with him.

The incompetence of one’s chosen allies in no way excuses one’s own, although it can go a long way to explain it.

To fight is to know where you are going, although the final destination might be a bit of an unknown.

True loyalty is never to be confused with blind obedience, although there is no substitute for being able to recognize good taste.

To betray something or other you’ve not got to mind much, as there’s not got to be much to mind about anyway.

In being certain we can be certain only of the fact we are certain, nothing else; at least not without proof.

Without knowing what one wants to be, or become, there is no clear destination.

Thursday 19 April 2012

Maliciousness at its most attractive hides itself best behind a bright smile (and it is such a nice smile).

Curiously enough, reality can often appear slightly more real in the morning light, but then you get used to it.

As for those who think too much, well, we know way too much about them already.

Those who are always going to be certain cannot ever be mistaken, which is why they are so unreliable as expert witnesses.

What does not much interest you may also become one of the most important things to pursue, eventually.

It takes two people to understand the meaning of truth: one to speak it and another to lie about it later.

Occasionally, reality reminds us of reality, and then even intrudes itself a little into our reality.

The modern age is always “today”, and we knew that perfectly well yesterday as well.

Being rushed is another way of taking away your time, which is an overly time-consuming episode to involve yourself in.

In most situations doing what is usually done is usually the best thing to do, but not always.

Find something you can do well and you probably won’t have to do anything else more important for at least half a day.

Generally, it can be said that a much clearer view of human existence is a sense of reason as seen obliquely through the eyes of a deluded monkey.

If only to enable people to play or be played, there must always be someone waiting in the wings ready to get in the way.

Go around telling people the truth all day and they’ll know exactly where you stand: at the centre of the target.

You can often pardon someone for making a big screech, but a silent scream is always way too irritating to be put up with.

To be aware of the next moment is firstly to be aware of the place from whence it came.

Monday 16 April 2012

If you are still looking for the right you still will not find it while looking at the reflection in the mirror.

Never be too afraid to make another stupid mistake, because if you don’t do it it’ll just happen again anyway.

Life is the sharp point with a sharp look, and everybody should know that—“sharpish!”

Your enemies do not need to be encouraged to make mistakes, but that does not mean you should not help them do it.

What has a reasonable purchase price to it must also have a price to it that you are still unwilling to pay.

Always manage to pay the going rate for something you need and you won’t have to be grateful to anyone for it ever again.

You can begin any investigation by asking a question to get an answer, so any answer you receive can be an answer you can begin to question.

There is no sense in being fooled into believing what we like to hear, but sometimes we still can’t help trying it on for size.

To not be quite smart enough to comprehend what one is looking at is always quite annoying to the one doing it by mistake.

If you can still say, “How do you know this?” then at least you must be confused just enough to mean it.

Only those in the know are truly “in the know”, and some of them might be deluded.

What you haven’t even got in you, you can’t possibly put into the mix.

The way to be fooled is to continue to do what you are doing without paying quite enough attention to what you are doing. Probably the only way to stop that is to ask yourself why you do it beforehand.

How much do you need to know before you realize that you don’t know enough?

You can’t just go around apologising to people all the time, as it just gets thoroughly monotonous.

The world is chock-full of petty dislikes and foibles; most of which, in one way or another, are entirely justified.

Not always having an opinion handy gives a better chance to absorb someone else’s instead.