Wednesday, May 7

Advanced Shakespeare

To cheat and deceive oneself—to lie...and suddenly wonder about the dissension of things? Insanity. Keep doing it over and over and expecting different results. Elements that make me believe in my insanity are repeated, incessant, noxious, and maintain complacence.

Polonius advised ‘to thine own self be true’ but he didn’t say how. He expressed wisdom, but the most difficult act imaginable. To respect oneself enough to listen: perhaps the most beautiful and difficult thing in existence.