Banality is like boredom: bored people are boring people, people who think that things are banal are themselves banal. Interesting people can find something interesting in all things.

One of the tragedies of modern times is that people have come to believe that something said by someone in the past, perhaps for illustrative or provocation purposes, actually represents that person's beliefs at the time.

The colour of the water seems to be the colour of the glass into which it has been poured'.

If, from time to time, you give up expectation, you will be able to perceive what it is you are getting.

Do not try to be humble: learn humility.

Prescribing hard work for the soft, or easy work for the hardy, is generally nonsense. What is always needed in any aim is right effort, right time, right people, right materials.

A man who believes the word of a donkey in preference to my word does not deserve to be lent anything.