“To know what is right and choose to ignore it is the act of a coward.” – Kakashi
“Man is a tragic animal. Not because of his smallness, but because he is too well endowed. Man has longings and spiritual demands that reality cannot fulfill. We have expectations of a just and moral world. Man requires meaning in a meaningless world.” – Peter Wessel Zapffe
M: On Taking Action
Be not afraid of your knowledge. The only way to know if you got it right, or got it wrong is to not be afraid and speak it, act it.
M: On Curiosity and Venturing Into the Unknown
“Some places remain unknown because no one has ventured forth. Others remain so because no one has ever come back.”
Let yourself venture forth and to places you have never been. Just because no one can tell you how to get there and what you need to do to achieve those ends does not mean they are not of worth.
Some of the most important experiences and adventures we could have are those that we are likely to afraid to embark upon.
“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.” – Albert Einstein.
“It’s not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.” – Bruce Lee
7 Fundamentals to Life – Bruce Lee
1. What are you really thinking about today?
2. Simplify.
3. Learn about yourself in interactions
4. Do not divide
5. Avoid dependency on validation from others
6. Be Proactive
7. Be You
“Only through solitude can we begin to penetrate the secret around us.” – Steven Holl
M: My attempt at Carpe Diem
Do not TRY to “find yourself” –you must make yourself. Choose what you want to find meaningful and live, create, love, hate, cry, destroy, fight and die for it. Do not let your life and your values and you actions slip easily into any mold, other that that which you create for yourself, and say with conviction, “This is who I make myself”.
Do not give in to hope. Remember that nothing you do has any significance beyond that with which imbue it. Whatever you do, do it for its own sake. When the universe looks on with indifference, laugh, and shout back, “Fuck You!”. Remember that to fight meaninglessness is futile, but fight anyway, in spite of and because of its futility.
The world may be empty of meaning, but it is a blank canvas on which to paint meanings of your own. Live deliberately. You are free