Two sides of the same coin

i) What the stars must learn: That recognition is different from understanding. Many things recognize the star: the planets, the comets, the meteors, the asteroids. Some revolve around it, some avoid, some fall into it. But none understand its solitude and the inner necessity of its radiance. And so the star must learn not to place too much trust on these recognizers. The latter have a taste for the star's radiance, but this does not mean that they themselves can radiate or can fathom where this radiation comes from. If anything this taste is an indication that one does not and cannot possess this radiance. So the star must maintain its distance from them, at the same time go on shining for them -- i.e. it must maintain its solitude.
ii) The difference between a scholar and an original is that the former has not yet acquired the right to be obscure, and probably never will. He speaks like a slave as he demands for clarity. He demands clarity because he himself does not shine.