Showing entries from Sep 2011 back to archive

09/30/2011
Direct pursuit of happiness is a narcissistic one. More than being happy, it is important to have a virtuous life. And the happiness it will generate as a by-product will be the happiness like no other From Happiness as the goal of life — right or wrong?
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09/30/2011
No sweet talks, no cute faces, no amount of great sex, not even passion of love… In the end, only the respect for your thoughts will provide you the highest meaning. More than anything else, look for people who respect you for your thoughts (for you are what you think)
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09/30/2011
It is better to keep trying to make sense of the life (even if it is unfathomable) than to decidedly live under delusions
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09/30/2011
I would rather take the direction (of philosophical advancement) where I might find some comfort than go the way (of mindless living) where I know there is none
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09/29/2011
Earlier unattractive people had to rely solely on their intelligence to attract others' attention. Now there are beauty techniques (hair-straightening, plastic surgery etc). Consider the implication
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09/27/2011
Best way to avoid being stuck in the meaninglessness is to have a worthwhile ambition and be continuously productive with respect to it
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09/25/2011
When you're flooded with too many choices in people, (just like in anything else) your relations with them become fickle. Bravo to social networks!
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09/25/2011
Kill tradition and bring sexual freedom, and let marriage become an utopia and ugliness crime!
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09/23/2011
Wisdom is to accept the reality, the imperfect world as it is. To want no less than perfect is to secure but empty-handedness
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09/22/2011
Thorough philosophical and spiritual development through formal education may be a solution. But it's not as convenient (and I doubt if it will even be as effective) as religion has been in moral guidance to the humanity
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09/21/2011
The day you realize that you are as much flawed as the ones you are bashing, that will be the day of enlightenment, and will leave you humbled for life
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09/19/2011
Act needy and demanding, and prepare to be treated like a parasite
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09/19/2011
Infants need to be unconditionally loved and accepted. An adult asking for unconditional love and acceptance, on the other hand, is suffering from a growth disorder. (via Harmanjit Singh)
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09/18/2011
Our world is not designed to function with radical honesty. Lies are essential to keep the world from falling apart
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09/17/2011
Use and throw approach extended to people is called one-night-stand (and fuck-buddies, fling etc)
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09/17/2011
You can keep whining about how people don't understand you and lamely try to attract sympathy... Or you can invest that energy in self-development
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09/15/2011
When you are lonely in life you pick one person to cling on to and end up being treated like a parasite. Why not instead "develop" to be so awesome that people don't leave you alone!
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09/15/2011
Some truth is so ugly that even if you understand it you have to play ignorant, if you wish others to have meaningful relationships with you
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09/14/2011
There's trade-off between fulfillment of one's sophisticated human needs and one's needs as an animal. And all suffering is due to this eternal, unsolvable conflict
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09/14/2011
Biological fact: Girls fall for guys with high testosterone (sexually bold, outspoken, flirts, for example) [animal instinct]. And then they want their guy to be honest and sincere and the relationship to last forever [human need]. Ah, what a painful joke!
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09/13/2011
Having a "complete", happy family can be one of the greatest achievements of human life — thought after watching Tokyo Story
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09/12/2011
Only the rich can afford "minimalism". For the rest it's poverty
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09/12/2011
If you do not believe in God, you can't afford the luxury of having unrealistic expectations from life. For then when you get hit, "Daddy" isn't around to comfort you
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09/07/2011
Marriage seems to have become outmoded in today's melieu. After a few generations humans will have evolved to be comfortable without the security of marriage and family. Or so we hope
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09/04/2011
If one is incapable of living a normal life, enjoying things that an average human being enjoys, because one has "some knowledge", then that knowledge, I say, is a disease
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09/01/2011
Best solutions to life's most intricate problems lie in following your intuitions Rationality versus intuitions
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09/01/2011
Do not hunt for love. And when it finds you at the most unexpected time, do not turn your back on it
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