Opinion is usually something which people have when they lack comprehensive information.

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

Trying to force something is the best way to stop it happening.

You must empty out the dirty water before you fill the pitcher with clean.

A real secret is something which only one person knows.

There is a Persian proverb: 'To test that which has been tested is ignorance.' To try to test something without the means of testing is even worse.

One can give or withhold in a manner far more effective, sophisticated, useful, which is quite invisible to people who think that giving or withholding is done by external assessment. If you seek some mark of favour or 'promotion', know that you are not ready for it. Progress comes through capacity to learn, and is irresistible. Nobody can stand between you and knowledge if you are fit for it.