The worst thing is to sit and whine and complain and obsess about money as if that were the only sign of your worth as a human.

In the future, the great division will be between those who have trained themselves to handle these complexities and those who are overwhelmed by them -- those who can acquire skills and discipline their minds and those who are irrevocably distracted by all the media around them and can enver focus enough to learn.

Only your hearts be frolic, for the time Craves that we taste of naught but jouissance.

Never waste valuable time, or mental peace of mind, on the affairs of others—that is too high a price to pay.

Everything changes. This is the key to feeling powerful, but also to being creative in the world.

Mastery is not a question of genetics of luck, but of following your natural inclinations and the deep desires that stirs you from within.

Appearing better than others is always dangerous, but most dangerous of all is to appear to have no faults or weaknesses. It is smart to occasionally display defects, and admit to harmless vices, in order to deflect envy and appear more human and approachable. Only gods and the dead can seem perfect with impunity.