Except

It is impossible to become exceptional while living moderately. To become extraordinary, one must walk the path of excess.

Note to Self

Be quicker to volunteer your ignorance than your wisdom.

Secrets

To keep a secret is admit of a duty to deceive. Therefore, do not feel that your trust has been betrayed when someone lies to you. Who else could keep your secrets but a liar? Do not be deceived – it is only the deceivers who can be trusted.

Tomorrow

The time is coming when playing stupid will not be enough to advance the direction of philosophy. The philosophers of tomorrow shall be forced to learn a new ingenuity.

Progress

In every period of history, more progress in thought has been made by a single honest idiot than by all the articulate geniuses combined.