Sophistication is upscale conformity.
Writing is like washing windows in the sun. With every attempt to perfect clarity, you make a new smear.
What is more yours than what always holds you back?
The happy and the suffering probably understand life equally well, but the sufferers may see a little more clearly how little it is that they understand.
The best way to know your faults is to notice which ones you accuse others of.
All work is the avoidance of harder work.