Part 11

273.Between ?could have been? and ?has been? is ? being?.

274.Jadedness is when excitement?s throbs are tempered by experience.

275.Matters past which we had derived from sources other than ourselves is knowledge. Matters past which we have lived through is experience. We have knowledge and experience with us.

276.All worthy actions done were done not in vain.

277.Others know us for what we have done. We know ourselves by what we have done , what we have yet to do , what we are capable of and what we cannot do.

278.All of us devour a form of life in order to sustain our own.

279.One sometimes can have no inkling of a matter until it is one?s turn of fortune to encounter it.

280.One?s taste can be flaunted for show but one?s show is not to everyone?s taste.

281.Some matters serve a specific purpose while there are those which possess relevance always.

282.A humorist has laughter to spare and share.

283.Life cannot be considered seriously by one who sees it as a mere absurdity.

284.Glumness is a disease when and where laughter is infectious.

285.He who laughs last caught the joke last or has a pathetically slow sense of humour.

286.One who conveys a joke cracks it. One who listens catches it.

287.Humour makes the heavy world a lighter one.

288.Humour lightens and brightens up solemnity.

289.It is logical to limit oneself to necessities in lean times. It is thrift to limit oneself to necessities in boom times.

290.A sober approach to birthdays is to consider them as a time for reflection and resolution in place of common revelry.

291.Material with knowledge and wisdom. Material with knowledge but without wisdom. Material which give neither.

292.Thought and conduct are fused as a singular entity in wisdom.

293.If one were to be blamed, be blamed for zeal?s abundance rather than the pathetic lack of it.

294.When one is a compulsive achiever, a person of accomplishment at an earlier than usual phase, one is at a state whereby it would have taken others a much longer time to grasp. For those who prefer to progress gradually , early achievement is a remarkable exception / anomaly.

295.Prudence makes us servants of our needs and anxiety.

296.Confidence lends courage .

297.The beginning of our affection is selfish and self-serving. At its maturity our affection is such that sacrifice becomes a viable option for the welfare and happiness of another.

298.We adapt , adopt and emulate in order to progress and as we progress.

299.We are pained at the point of release for we know what we shall miss. We are indifferent if we do not know of what we shall be deprived of.

300.The extreme ends of involvement are at the fringes of impassioned and detached states.