02/02/2012
NO ONE has a magic key to happiness, becuase there isn't any. It's not important to be happy all the time. What matters is that we be and do our best when we can help it, and know that we can't help everything
02/02/2012
Some films show right things as right. Some show wrong things as wrong. And some films show wrong things as right. Those are what I call bad films. Same goes for TV shows. It's not the content per se, but the message or the impression it leaves
02/01/2012
Spirituality views the world as a part of "the whole". Its focus is so much on the whole that it never really connects with the problems of the world. Only (non-)remedy it offers is for people to stop being people and merge into the whole. SPIRITUALITY IS HOKUM
01/21/2012
Back in my spirituality days I received many a praise for saying this:
"An enlightened person lives on the tune of Nature. He doesn't need to know what is moral or immoral."
Now I say enlightened my ass! One must be a narcissist of the highest rank to have that thought!
01/19/2012
"Live as if this is your last day". (What?!) NO! Live knowing you have a long life ahead and you wouldn't want to make it ugly by giving into your studpid impulses today
01/17/2012
01/11/2012
Society is a system of interdependence for optimum welfare; and belonging to one isn't a choice. Therefore, individual freedom is a delusion which has to be enjoyed within certain boundaries. Claiming total freedom in society is immature to say the least
01/11/2012
He who says he has a right to be jerk as long as he isn't harming anyone doesn't understand the fundamentals of human world. No one has a "right" to be jerk; in fact, everyone has a "duty" to live in interest of the society
01/07/2012
The reality of human condition is too complex to be fully addressed by law. If something is not illegal, that doesn't automatically mean it is morally flawless. A behavior doesn't become indecent only when it becomes illegal
01/07/2012
01/06/2012
01/05/2012
Asking the Universe (or God) "Why me?!" for one's suffering is either ignorance or arrogance. A wise man knows that suffering is not personal
01/05/2012
Tell me which sitcom character you relate to and I will tell you how dumb you are!
12/18/2011
The problem with spirituality is that it does not relate to the actual human condition but the (unrealistically) idealized version of it
12/18/2011
12/16/2011
12/15/2011
Extreme form of individualism is jungle rule – a world of "independent" and "alienated", zombie-like human beings. Happy it's-my-life-I-do-what-I-want freedom fighting!
12/12/2011
Regardless of what it should ideally be, the prevailing moral standard is what majority in a given society agrees to
12/09/2011
When the idea of happy marriage (partnership) comprises of fantasy ideals of romantic passion provided by TV, films, fiction books and magazines, no human can ever have a happy marriage
12/08/2011
The only way to fundamentally approach the problems of the world is to encourage people for critical thinking and help them develop philosophically. All other ways are merely treating the symptoms rather than disease
12/08/2011
If you are fun-hungry, sex-obsessed, How-I-Met-Your-Mother-and-Twilight-fan then I am pretty sure that most of the time you're keeping gloomy and grumbling, because those are perfect ingredients for miserable life
12/07/2011
When something has both positives and negatives, and positives are such that can be obtained from other better sources, and negatives are having substantial impact, then that's enough grounds for criticizing it
12/06/2011
For many philosophically disinclined people their optimism stands in the way of them doing anything about their misery. It shows how at times pessimism can be positive and optimism negative
12/05/2011
One's ability to love truly (which is empathy, compassion, respect..) grows in direct proportion to wisdom gained through understanding life. And that's the only way
12/04/2011
To modern youngsters: Read wrong books (e.g. The Secret etc), watch wrong films (e.g. Twilight etc) and wrong TV shows (e.g. How I Met Your Mother etc), hang out with wrong people (look around), and ask why your life is miserable. I say, that's why!
12/04/2011
That love which depends on sexual act for its expression (e.g. romantic love) is but a sexual desire in disguise of love. Romantic love is a joke
12/04/2011
Sex is neither love nor an expression of love. It's a quasi-voluntary indulgence of animal nature. Give it a status higher than that and prepare to be miserable
12/04/2011
If being virtuous means having less fun then the purpose of life must not be having fun
12/04/2011
Awareness of determinism is one thing. However, to base one's decision making (or a lack of it) on the notion that we don't have free will is, in my view, insane!
12/03/2011
The only truly happy man is a wise man; otherwise a drunkard is also happier than the average
11/29/2011
Happiness is also when you cry a river watching The Pursuit of Happyness
11/26/2011
People who are bored by philosophy, but often complaining about something of life are big turnoffs to me. They are like kids, narcissists, who don’t want to understand why something is problematic but only want to have their way, or cry
11/19/2011
11/07/2011
If your brain is below your belly, not even God will save you of wretchedness
11/06/2011
Great writer is he who doesn't write what he won't read if it was by someone else
11/03/2011
To not want to commit to solid goals is to want to remain an infant. Unfortunately, the universe won't treat you like one, once you're an adult
11/01/2011
Knowledge is after all just knowledge. Without 'understanding' in life, man is lost
10/31/2011
The head needs certainty to work; but the heart is erratic. What one must, then, work out is flexible certainty
10/27/2011
Sparked by Jevons paradox, I have a theory that the more efficient the technology we make available, the more of our energy it will suck in. And I don’t think I’m wrong. Many offices now work 24/7
10/27/2011
If we invent technology that increases productivity manyfold, shouldn't it reduce the work hours? And we think technology is making our lives better. Duh!
10/22/2011
Having the knowledge that life is absurd is not something one can be proud of, however true that may be
10/22/2011
- You know what, there's no God; we're totally on our own! That means we can do anything! Heck, we don't even have free will! It's just the laws of physics determining what we do. Isn't that, um.. something?
- Yes, quite a progress that is for the humanity. We're doing great!
10/18/2011
Only those who close their minds can be certain. Others will always face new conundrums in life to challenge their convictions and incite doubts
10/16/2011
Everyone is selfish. But noble is he whose selfish motives are aligned with good interests of something greater than himself
10/16/2011
When I will need what you can give, I will talk to you. When you will need what I can give, you will talk to me. It's always that way with everyone; whether we acknowledge it or not
10/15/2011
The only asset of any value a human being has is his intellect, his capacity of reason
10/15/2011
When there is instant gratification of wishes there is nothing to cherish and nothing to live for
10/14/2011
Most people want to live inside a box and then bitch about darkness
10/13/2011
If looking at a drunkard dancing on a public street, you get depressed for not having good enough reasons to enjoy life like him, then there's a serious problem with your world-view
10/13/2011