It is not only a matter of not caring who knows - it is also a matter of knowing who cares.

To be obsessed by the idea of freedom, for instance, is itself a form of slavery. Such people are in the chains of the hope of freedom, and are therefore able to do little else than struggle with them.

People used to play with toys. Now the toys play with them.

Enemies are often former or potential friends who have been denied - or think that they have been denied - something.

An egocentric pessimist is a person who thinks he hasn't changed, but that other people are behaving worse than before.

The more you look at 'common knowledge', the more you realise that it is more likely to be common than it is to be knowledge. No real knowledge is common.

When tomorrow comes, think tomorrow's thoughts.