“Thoughtful conversation is the best way to examine life and make it worth living.” – Socrates
“Life is a quest for truth, love beauty, goodness, and freedom; life is the art of becoming human through the cultivation of the human soul.” – Rob Rieman
from Nobility of Spirit
“Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.” -David Hume
From his book “An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. “
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
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