Some attempts to understand something or someone are like trying to figure out how an engine of a car works by dissecting a tyre.

Being an ignoramus is not enough to prevent one from being famous.

Instead of days like Valentine’s Day, we ought to have days such as the day on which we would commemorate those ancestors of ours from whose deaths we have learned, for example, that something is not safe for us to eat.

Wisdom is finding out that a cobra is deadly; without first having to lose one’s life.

We need not know the how and the why to profit from knowing the that.

Not all statements that are truthful are useful.

Those who know the least want to be heard the most.

Some social ills are preserved by the common misbelief that things such as ignorance, greed, and stupidity do not have the stamina required to reach old age.

Not everyone who talks less or keeps quiet whenever they are with or around you does that because they find you interesting or knowledgeable; some people do that because they find you boring or ignorant.