The barrier during self-improvement is not so much that we hate learning, rather we hate being taught. To learn entails that the knowledge was achieved on one's own accord - it feels great - but to be taught often leaves a feeling of inferiority. Thus it takes a bit of determination and a lot of humility in order for one to fully develop.

Simply minding one's own business is more offensive than being intrusive. Without ever saying a word one can make a person feel less-than.

If only we were all better educated. If then, higher education would at last be a journey for skill and knowledge rather than for power and status.

The logic behind patriotism is a mystery. At least a man who believes that his own family or clan is superior to all others is familiar with more than 0.000003% of the people involved.

Every category has its snobs: music, books, movies. There are so many things a man is only pressured into liking or disliking.

One who enjoys finding errors will then start creating errors to find.

What is a genius? A person who demands little to nothing from others, but is often found extremely difficult to have around.