Denial and affirmation are games which people play.
There are people who deny that they are capable of denying, and who would insist that people do not insist.

Knowledge is something which you can use.
Belief is something which uses you.

I have heard all that you have had to say to me on your problems.
You ask me what to do about them.
It is my view that your real problem is that you are a member of the human race.
Face that one first.

We are adjured not to burn the candle at both ends.
But how many people have verified that physically possible?

Wisdom is when you understand what, previously, at best you only knew.

A certain person may have, as you say, a wonderful presence; I do not know. What I do know is that he has a perfectly delightful absence.