An Egocentric Pessimist Is A

From Time To Time Ponder Whether You Are Unconsciously Saying: 'truth Is What I Happen To Be Thinking At This Moment.

The More You Look At 'common Knowledge', The More You Realise That It Is More Likely To Be Common Than It Is To Be Knowledge. No Real Knowledge Is Common.

Knowledge Is Something Which You Can Use. Belief Is Something Which Uses You.

Enemies Are Often Former Or Potential Friends Who Have Been Denied - Or Think That They Have Been Denied - Something.

One Can Give Or Withhold In A Manner Far More Effective, Sophisticated, Useful, Which Is Quite Invisible To People Who Think That Giving Or Withholding Is Done By External Assessment. If You Seek Some Mark Of Favour Or 'promotion', Know That You Are Not Ready For It. Progress Comes Through Capacity To Learn, And Is Irresistible. Nobody Can Stand Between You And Knowledge If You Are Fit For It.