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.