We cannot truly plan, because we do not understand the future-but this is not necessarily a bad news. We could plan while bearing in mind such limitations. It just takes guts.

Please, don’t drive a school bus blindfolded.

This is the tragedy of modernity: as with neurotically overprotective parents, those trying to help are often hurting us the most.

The fool generalizes the particular; the nerd particularizes the general; some do both; and the wise does neither

Don't read newspapers for the news (just for the gossip and, of course, profiles of authors). The best filter to know if the news matters is if you hear it in cafes, restaurants... or (again) parties.

Procrastination is the soul rebelling against entrapment.

Only the autodidacts are free.