A sign of development for a country is in the lack of prestige for government officials. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The maximum success is reached when you are never busy.

Moral rectitude is when what you think of yourself matters far more than what others think of you, regardless of the domain, regardless of the circumstances, regardless of the benefits at stake.

Figured out why 99% of academics have to be misfit, 3rd rate intellectually, by construction. You observe, say in probabilistic matters, yuuge inconsistencies. When you point it out to them, they require a "reference". OK: write the fucking "reference".