The More Wakeful A Man

When The Ignorant Have Become Numerous Or Powerful Enough, They Have Been Referred To By A Special Name. This Names Is 'the Wise'.

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.

Learn To Be As Analytical About Things Of Which You Are Credulous As You Are Of Those Which You Criticise.

When A Belief Becomes More Than An Instrument, You Are Lost. You Remain Lost Until You Learn What 'belief' Is Really For.

Banality Is Like Boredom: Bored People Are Boring People, People Who Think That Things Are Banal Are Themselves Banal. Interesting People Can Find Something Interesting In All Things.