Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.
It is strange that modesty is the rule for women when what they most value in men is boldness.
The only theism worthy of our respect believes in God not because of the way the world is made but in spite of that. The only theism that is no less profound than the Buddha's atheism is that represented in the Bible by Job and Jeremiah.