Nothing reduces the odds against you like ignoring them.
The average teacher explains complexity; the gifted teacher reveals simplicity.
No man is so idle that he cannot rouse himself just enough to get in the way of a busy person.
Are you an artist? Look about you. Is there a physical tool whose use you have mastered, a part of your body that responds utterly to your control? Is your motive esthetic? If so, you are an artist. If not, you are probably a writer.
Love may be blind, but this I'll state - it's eagle-eyed compared to hate.
Someday a computer will give a wrong answer to spare someone's feelings, and man will have invented artificial intelligence.