“An egocentric pessimist is a person who thinks he hasn't changed, but that other people are behaving worse than before.”

“Sometimes a pessimist is only an optimist with extra information.”

“A generous person may not have wisdom: but, unlike others, he has the means to gain it.”

“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.”

“What can you do with a person who says that he is absolutely uncertain about everything, and that he is absolutely certain about that?”

“People who speak or act in an ordinary fashion are most likely to be those who have been the recipients of higher experiences. But because they do not rage around, wild-eyed, people think that they are very ordinary folk and therefore not aware of anything unknown to the general run of man.”

“Who is the wrong person to criticise?You”