When we want to do something while unconsciously certain to fail, we seek advice so we can blame someone else for the failure.

Any system that is deprived of its natural volatility, with government up (unintelligible) volatile, any system becomes very fragile.

Wear your best for your execution and stand dignified. Your last recourse against randomness is how you act - if you can't control outcomes, you can control the elegance of your behaviour. You will always have the last word.

Procrastination is the soul rebelling against entrapment.

There are secrets to our world that only practice can reveal, and no opinion or analysis will ever capture in full.

To be completely cured of newspapers, spend a year reading the previous week's newspapers.

A good maxim allows you to have the last word without even starting a conversation.