#philosophy

"Percayalah, bila kamu tidak dapat mengalihkan perhatian pada hal lain yang fana..., dan hanya memikirkan kehidupan itu sendiri, kamu akan gila: karena ia akan mengalahkan dan merendahkanmu secara perlahan."

"Les hommes construisent trop de murs et pas assez de ponts."

"Children and Food [10w] Once children order like grown-upsfood's lost its sweet innocence."

"The trouble is you can shut your eyes but you can’t shut your mind."

"Absurdity is the ecstasy of intellectualism."

"The level of consciousness defines the level of understanding and awareness."

"Who is to decide which is the grimmer sight: withered hearts, or empty skulls?"

"Inner calmness and peace is more important that outer joy."

"The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity."

"...convinced that in trying to please all, he had pleased none, and had lost his ass into the bargain."

"The practice of understanding, forgiveness, and love is the best practice for a peaceful world."

"To establish that a rule is likely to be true, one must try to prove it false."

"You mark and celebrate errors, transforming failures into successes."

"Life is an essay you yourself have to write, start to finish."

"Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun."

"No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude."

"Ars Poetica: Dovetailing Collage [10w] Poems should be a dovetailing collage not a linear cohesion."

"Simplicity, patience, compassion.These three are your greatest treasures.Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.Patient with both friends and enemies,you accord with the way things are.Compassionate toward yourself,you reconcile all beings in the world."

"If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, "He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone."

"Discrete vs. Discreet Moonlight falls upon my feet,beyond the sun's overwrought conceit.I'm painted pristine white, without the heat;reflection's cool reflection~ how discreet!"