March 2011
12 posts
“From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate”
– - Socrates (classical Greek philosopher)
like what they always say, familiarity breeds contempt.
its not wise to put all your love to another and theres no such thing as loving someone so deeply intense to a point of madness. going crazy over a person because of love? i call it plain stupidity...
August 2010
1 post
“Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that’s where you renew...”
– Pearl Buck (1892-1973)
an apt description. whenever i seek solitude, i always reach deep inside my heart & soul.
March 2010
2 posts
“A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, he is one who...”
– Sidney J. Harris
I’ve become a cynic, with a jaded sense of perception towards life. constantly manipulated and surrounded by hypocrisy. its like an idealist turning into a realist.
its almost doing me in, all of this.
but these are necessary evils, which i cloak myself with to survive the...
February 2010
4 posts
“The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection and that one is...”
– George Orwell (1903 - 1950)
this quote speaks out to me and is in itself a true testament to what the essence of being human means.
i realised the meaning of it in its entirety, what i have been seeking for all this while.
“Death is the essential condition of life, not an evil.”
– Charlotte Perkins Gilman
most of us envision dying or death to be a terrifying notion, because we do not know what is going to happen to us.
conceived as the next stage of our lives, it holds a huge chasms of endless possibilities that we will never know, unless we go through it ourselves.
and...
January 2010
2 posts
December 2009
5 posts
“If I know what love is, it is because of you.”
– - Herman Hesse
need i expand any further? it doesnt get any simpler than this.
cos i love you baby *muuahhh*
November 2009
11 posts
“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true...”
– Bertrand Russell (British philosopher, 1872 - 1970)
have been reading his works for a while now and among all my favourite philosophers, he topped the list.
caution = fear
there are no boundaries when it comes to loving someone.
“To be conscious that we are perceiving or thinking is to be conscious of our own...”
– Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC, from Nichomachean Ethics)
one of my favourite Greek philosopher. i love his works which include poetry, logic and rhetoric. his profound observations & writings on numerous subjects are extant of the esoteric kind and concise.
have you ever question yourself about...
“There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them, are...”
– Albert Guinon (1863 - 1923)
the art of listening, a truly tricky trade. one that needs a period of time and complete dedication to master till perfection.
that is, if we dont forget to listen first before speaking.
October 2009
18 posts
“Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together”
– Eugene Ionesco (French dramatist, 1912-1994)
i personally think that ideologies is the equivalent to conceptual thinking. it can be overwhelming and dominant, influencing others in its wake.
but the differences can also bring people together, embracing each others’ beliefs
most often than...
“Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the...”
– Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662) French mathematician, physicist & theologian
Some of my most favourite quotes are works by Blaise Pascal. The quotes are profound, laced with hidden meanings which makes you think deeper into it.
think you can figure this one out? heh
