10/10/2011
That knowledge which doesn’t help make life better in any way is absolutely worthless
10/08/2011
Imagine you are a company. Your "self" is the product. Society is the market. You want to be successful. How will you be(-have)? Isn't it true that customer satisfaction is the key? This might give you some insight for making a good life
10/07/2011
Any stance can be proven right or wrong. The only unbeatable position is of having no stance; but it's hard-as-hell to live on that position
10/05/2011
10/03/2011
Perseverance is a good thing, but sometimes the wisdom is knowing when to QUIT
10/02/2011
Doubt his wisdom who always expresses himself through others' quotes
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?
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)
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
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
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
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
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!
09/25/2011
Kill tradition and bring sexual freedom, and let marriage become an utopia and ugliness crime!
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
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
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
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)
09/18/2011
Our world is not designed to function with radical honesty. Lies are essential to keep the world from falling apart
09/17/2011
Use and throw approach extended to people is called one-night-stand (and fuck-buddies, fling etc)
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
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!
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
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
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!
09/13/2011
Having a "complete", happy family can be one of the greatest achievements of human life
— thought after watching Tokyo Story
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
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
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
09/01/2011
Best solutions to life's most intricate problems lie in following your intuitions
Rationality versus intuitions
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
08/29/2011
Marriage is the best solution available to the human condition. For it provides everything humans crave; from sex to security to meaning in life
08/25/2011
True love, unlike romantic love, comes at a huge psychological cost of defying the Universe (natural forces) for greater ''human goals'' (family and life-long companionship). Only the best and the greatest human beings can achieve it
08/25/2011
Proponents of Humanism (in place of Religion) seem to assume the masses to be highly intelligent. Religion provides a single moral center of gravity (which is essential for social order) which i doubt any other God-less system can achieve
08/25/2011
There's a thrill even in gazing at the sky. Why people have to go skydiving to feel ''life'' is beyond me. I doubt the claim that it removes the fear of death and enables one ''live more'' after that experience. That sounds like a new age bullshit
08/25/2011
Money can't buy happiness. But a rich man can at least do charity and derive happiness thus. A poor man can't even do that. Money matters
08/25/2011
Advisably, one should not make any important decision of life when under the effect of (romantic) love. The tragedy is, we are tempted by nature to make the most important decision of life in that state
08/04/2011
Coming to terms with imperfection of the existence is the highest wisdom, and the pinnacle of self-development
07/30/2011
Ignorance per se is not bliss. He who said "ignorance is bliss" himself must have been a very knowledgeable person
07/18/2011
Craving for human attention and companionship is fundamental to us. He who doesn't have it is hardly living
07/18/2011
There's no better remedy to human suffering than empathy and compassion. Love is the only answer
07/13/2011
The problem with wisdom is that it seldom bears good fruits when it’s borrowed
06/28/2011
Everyone who's living by intuition is living with double standards (just like Nature itself). When one becomes "aware" of it, and tries to become "perfect", that's where one blunders. Imperfection is Nature
06/26/2011
The only difference between a spiritually developed person and an ignorant person is of the underlying awareness; and not necessarily of actions
06/26/2011
Only outward seeking (without exploring one's inner terrain) is an invitation to tragedy
06/26/2011
Not knowing is a misery; knowing too much is another kind of misery. To seek or not to seek, that is the question; the question you answer, and there you have erred