06/23/2011
Life happens through imperfection. Perfection is death
06/23/2011
Just because someone doesn't agree with your views, that doesn't make him/her less right; because right and wrong are only floating concepts, and don't exist in absolute sense
06/21/2011
Without connecting with another human being happiness is impossible; and without happiness life isn't justified. Hence, dissociation from human world is essentially "not living"
06/20/2011
Life is by default suffering. Those who don't understand it cry; those who understand and accept it can but laugh
06/18/2011
Pure rationality (reductionism) is a dead-end. Even believing in God is preferable to that
06/16/2011
If you are into writing business, you can't afford intellectual laziness; unless you are writing jokes
06/14/2011
The people who don't have the capacity to become a govt must not have the power to break the existing one
06/11/2011
The quest for perfection isn't futile just because perfection as one conceives it doesn't exist. Only he who seeks perfection on the first place can truly understand that it is not, and thereby come to terms with imperfection – which in a way is real perfection
06/11/2011
That we can't be perfect shouldn't be an excuse to not try to overcome our flaws
06/11/2011
There is some pleasure in doing things others tell you you can't; but just others telling you you can't is not a reason enough to do those things. Be wise to know what you really want
06/10/2011
When you are doing something that other people wish to do but can't, they will come finding faults with your ways; because they need to feel good about themselves somehow
06/04/2011
Emotions are no doubt important. But an intellectually blunt person is unlikely to have a lasting relationship, much less a happy marriage
[The one who doesn't understand this^ may consider himself intellectually blunt.]
05/27/2011
A person should be intelligent enough to form his principles and wise enough to know they can be broken at times
05/24/2011
Every thinker is not necessarily wise; but every wise man is essentially a thinker
05/24/2011
Not all thinkers meet with wisdom; that doesn't mean thinking is useless. Wisdom is essentially a product of critical thinking
05/19/2011
Only two types of people can live a healthy life. Those who are perfectly ignorant, and those who are perfectly aware. Both are rare
05/15/2011
To live life and not understand it is more healthy than to understand life and not live it, but less healthy than to understand and live life
05/06/2011
Happiness is important to MAKE life worth living. And contentment is important to KEEP life worth living. Former is the function of emotions, while the latter is the function of intelligence. Both emotions and intelligence are equally important for a good life
05/03/2011
Human consciousness is a curse because it is being driven by two unavoidable forces, biological impulses and reason, which are eternally in conflict with each other
04/26/2011
Unpredictable as life is, making promises and commitments is a naive business. The only promise a matured person can make is: I will do the best I can
04/26/2011
In the (seemingly) hostile and violent universe the biggest curse on humans is their consciousness, and the greatest gift to them is their ability to think and reason. Everyone who has the curse has to use the gift to the best. That's the only possible redemption
04/25/2011
Life is a constant conflict between Nature and human consciousness/reason
04/24/2011
Friendship is not (necessarily) about keeping in touch, or being there in each other's need, even. It's just the way we regard the person. Only those who understand this can remain friends forever
04/20/2011
Life doesn't treat you. You treat life. And it's in your hands whether to treat it well or not
04/16/2011
Every moment contains so much good in itself. It's only when we link our present moment with the past and/or the future, we experience all sorts of suffering
04/15/2011
Everybody judges everyone. Nothing's wrong with that. It's the parameters one uses that tells whether or not one is good
04/12/2011
I don't have any individuality other than being a truth-seeker. If you are truer than me, I will change to be you
04/11/2011
Everybody has skewed opinions, for there's no such thing as right opinion. People accept those which fall into line with their own
04/05/2011
Passion is not what you do as a pastime. It's what you do regardless of whether you have time or not
04/03/2011
Suffering is the default state of conscious beings. Spiritual development is a hack to break free of suffering
04/01/2011
Spiritual development is not a choice that you will work toward when you have the mood. It's a necessity, without which you are bound to suffer for life
03/26/2011
If you are spiritually developed and thus happy without dwelling on any kind of illusion/delusion then whatsoever you are doing, I respect you
03/25/2011
The level of your personal development reflects not in how many women you've screwed, or how great your love life is, but in how happy you are able to keep without the both, amongst other things. How prepared you are to face the indifferent reality!
03/19/2011
Calling an ugly-looking person beautiful is as much an insult to his individuality as calling a beautiful person ugly
03/11/2011
Don't do something because you are told it is right. Right is whatever makes you feel good doing
03/07/2011
Morality tells what is moral and immoral. Not what is right and wrong
03/05/2011
Before thinking to bring joy to others' lives one has to be joyous in oneself
From Should we live for other people’s happiness?
03/01/2011
A nihilist would say: It doesn't matter in the vast universe whether you live or die. So die! An enlightened person would say: Yes, it doesn't matter in the least. That's exactly the point. Why try to change what IS!
02/28/2011
Perfect understanding of the problem is a sure way to be completely free of suffering arising from it
From Understanding spirituality in a few words
02/18/2011
If you're obsessed with life, truth is absurd. If you're obsessed with truth, life is absurd
02/16/2011
If you want to know whether your friendship with this person (of the opposite sex) is real or hormone-induced, just ask yourself whether you would have been friends if the two of you were the same sex
02/10/2011
Suffering of humankind is not because of not knowing what the universe is made of or how gravity works. It is because people haven't figured out their own mind. So, which knowledge is important?
02/10/2011
Don't judge a person's greatness by his knowledge, or status, or education, or eloquence, or personality, or fan-following... The only measure of greatness is the quality of one's ideas; how useful they really are. E.g. Buddha is infinitely greater than Newtons and Einsteins