“If you must be serious, have a sense of humour about it.”

“Before you speak, remember to shut your mouth.”

“Little waves of criticism might knock an artist off balance, but it’s an ocean of indifference that drowns them.”

“Beware those who flaunt their moral compass, for they may delight in using it to ruin you.”

“Don’t commit to things too freely when you’re having a great time. You will most likely have to fulfil them when you aren’t.”

“To bond quickly with a person, discover who it is that you are both happy to disparage.”

“The path where there is resistance is the path where there is discovery.”

“Few things reveal character as quickly as a sudden and unexpected violation of convenience.”

“It takes motion for stars to align.”

“A problem is an opportunity masquerading as inconvenience.”

“Being judged is inevitable, so better to be judged for being bold rather than mild.”

“Most people who appear to ignore you never noticed you in the first place, and that’s the real tragedy.”

“To slowly drown your spirit, seek to please a cynic.”

“Presume that success yet to be tested by volatility rests on uncertain foundations.”

“Plan for the sake of direction, but with an indifference to destination.”

“More weaknesses are revealed through attempts to hide them than by weakness alone.”

“To predict the worst case scenario makes you a genius, to prepare for it makes you a nut.”

“It’s difficult to be corrupted if you’re not keeping score.”

“We’re so used to convenience that we mistake it for inconvenience.”

“The problem is rarely too little information. Rather, it’s having too much information and no idea what to do with it.”

“Complexity can save us from getting bored, but the basics can save us from getting nowhere.”

“It’s not a true bond until you’ve fallen out with the person in an unfamiliar city.”

“Most people are predictable in their opinions, yet unpredictable in their principles. The aim is to be the opposite.”

“The visionary who sees far into the distance is strapped with the burden of having further to travel.”

“When it comes to aesthetic ideas, it is better to act while excited and discover one’s errors in hindsight. In the realm of the non-aesthetic (such as finance), do the opposite and only act when your initial excitement has waned.”

“Every word beyond the core information is an additional chance for someone to misinterpret you.”

“It’s not hard to be yourself. It’s hard to become the person you imagine yourself to be.”

“What we think will make people find us interesting is often what makes them find us irritating.”

“Arrogance is the sanctuary of the insecure.”

“Those who fear uncertainty are doomed to suffocate in it.”

“People are more interested in your art when it makes them feel important.”