For the average man, there is no room in the world for him to be anything else but average; and as for the exceptional man, for him to want to be like that, well there must be something wrong with him anyway.

You either conform or die, but if you know this and also conform as well then, with a little perseverance, you may still occasionally be able to fuck their brains out.

People crave acceptance, as it is a prerequisite for mental health for the social animal. While those who are most successful at gaining it also ostracise others most effectively who aren’t.

For the average man it is wise for him to remember among his fellow man that, even in the company of the greatest philosophers, if they’re hungry enough they’ll eat him alive.

Attempting to avoid virtue on all suitable occasions is the sure sign of the respect naturally expressed by the potential hypocrite to vice.

The sort of clown that has lost control of his motives through misunderstanding of his inmost desires, thus gives up his last desperate hold on his self-esteem.

To accept one’s potential for stupidity must be some sort of advance over keeping on regretting one’s potential for stupidity and doing stupid things anyway.

To swiftly create a pause makes quick delays; which is what you might need sometimes, if only to find the time to get creative with it.

Ambition must have something about the best use of its possessor’s time entailed within it; but, of course, that is not all ambition is about.

The concept of ambition itself is also something that can be used to attack the man unprepared for it, especially if he hasn’t got any.

In an antagonistic situation, never miss the best chance you have of collecting information on antagonistic situations.

Those who go prepared every day for a ruckus may just be paranoid, but may just be right.

Being a narcissist isn’t all bad: at least someone of clear intelligence appreciates your point of view.

If you tend to make too many mistakes you obviously still need more practice at it.

How can anyone be called guilty if trapped by circumstance? Usually quite easily.

Dark thoughts shouldn’t be too dark, or too light either, but should always have a shady bit in the middle.

What is necessary? Vital information. What isn’t necessary? What you do with it.

Indifference to the truth: a reminder of how truth can be distorted.

A little advice: Don’t let emotions run your life; sometimes it isn’t worth it.

Nature has no natural ethics, which is a caveat included in the nature of humanity’s natural sense of morality.

A clever person doesn’t often bother to tell people why he is so clever; and never to clever people, as they have to realize that for themselves.

One thing should be realized in life is that death is with you on the bog, although it has certainly always been a tight squeeze.

The dangers of being alive in a dangerous place to live are ever present, which is why individuals should pay attention to the ever-present dangers inherent in staying alive wherever they are.

Some people who die have just had enough; others haven’t had enough yet, but can still die despite that problem.

Higher intelligence: something primates do occasionally when they think too much.

Something we don’t quite understand may become something we don’t quite know what to do with, but do something with it anyway just to show that it must have meant something important to us at least...

Deep, deep down, whenever you might meet them casually out in public, what people really want from you is for you to make an effort to make a show of acceptance (or show of equality) towards them; that is, to show some tangible recognition of appreciation towards them that is to be returned as a sign of regard as swiftly as they have done so with you. If they don’t get that “social key” from you “instinctively”, then they don’t like it.

A close-knit community tends to control its various members through conformity. So conform, and do what you want as well.

Sometimes you can throw a lame dog a crutch and, knowing no better, he’ll drag it right back to you; and, at least, it shows you that he knows his place in the world.

Is the man who comments upon the secret failings of others around him ethically vacant, or merely an expert at being sociable?

Now what most men will do about groups is to ingratiate themselves with like-minded individuals within a group, and then use that group to impose their will on others who do not agree with them. Which, for most men, is the smarter thing to do about groups for the smarter monkeys who tend to live in groups.

What “dirty persons” that seem (on some level and at some stage) fleetingly attractive need socially is to be kept at a good distance, as that which is dirty about them is swiftly transferable upon even the slightest contact.

You can often find that some easily irritated people will want to teach you a lesson when you’re young, rich, good looking and can get the girls. Seems a bit rich doesn’t it?

If you do occasionally manage to stand still in life and observe what is happening, are you waiting to impose your own interpretation upon events while waiting for something notable to happen? And if so, how long do you expect to wait?

Things without remedy should be without regard. As what is done is done, and cannot be undone by the sort of constrained creature a human being naturally is, and that to console himself must then cry over the spilt milk.

Some people don’t “think comedy” they just react badly. That’s because they don’t appreciate that the “joke of life” is really at their expense.

Even in chaotic systems there is a pattern of limited possibilities; but then that may not mean much to you.