Aphorisms

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Aphorisms

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The trouble with art, is not so much the vanity of the artist, but the suspectibility of the viewer.

The degree of a poet lies in his ability to read his own poetry.

The greatest fault a man can commit with regards to woman, is to mistake his will, for her kindness.

Most people are so vain, that the act of eating becomes a shopping spree.

There is a reason that Maya is of the feminine gender.

No Woman, no progress.

A woman mimics her own reflection.

In telling a lie, a man may gain insight. In telling a lie, a woman may gain emotion.

A timid character is often the result of a purposeful constitution.

To finally align your will with your character, is the great benchmark of discovery.

Humans are clever because of their ignorance, God is simple because of his intentions.
Who has the courage to add their own?

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A woman mimics her own reflection.
That's a beauty.

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Post by Trevor Salyzyn »

Here, I scratched some down:



Too many beliefs are useful for pragmatism to be a useful belief.

The biggest source of error: forgetting how we came up with our thoughts in the first place, and so taking our lies for truths.

A sound retreat is tenfold as courageous as an easy victory.

When confused, always ask one less question than you need, and solve the rest on your own.

Memetics died for the same reason that psychoanalysis did: the full ramifications of its being true are too terrifying for any sane human to accept.
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The trouble with art, is not so much the vanity of the artist, but the suspectibility of the viewer.
Do you mean susceptibility?
The degree of a poet lies in his ability to read his own poetry.
Agree.
The greatest fault a man can commit with regards to woman, is to mistake his will, for her kindness.
How so does he mistake his will for her kindness? Can you give an example?
Most people are so vain, that the act of eating becomes a shopping spree.
Rather than vain I would say addicted to the need to feel good.
No Woman, no progress.
You mean because women bear the children, so without them humanity would die out? Or you mean spiritually? Do monks in a monastery not have the possibility of spiritual progress? Please explain.
A woman mimics her own reflection.
Clever, and fashionable. But not for certain true.
In telling a lie, a man may gain insight. In telling a lie, a woman may gain emotion.
May? Or, vice versa?
A timid character is often the result of a purposeful constitution.
This is odd. Can a character be timid? Do you mean personality? Can one's constitution be purposeful? Do you mean one's life?
To finally align your will with your character, is the great benchmark of discovery.
Aligning will with character implies for me conscious work. How then would the achievement qualify as discovery? What is discovered?
Humans are clever because of their ignorance, God is simple because of his intentions.
Hmm. You believe in a personalized God?
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Steven Coyle wrote:Who has the courage to add their own?
The opposite of truth is desire.
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Carl,
S: The greatest fault a man can commit with regards to woman, is to mistake his will, for her kindness.

C: How so does he mistake his will for her kindness? Can you give an example?
By confusing the two; his will, with her kindness.

"If a man causes a women to smile, he should be careful to guard his wallet (among other things)"
S: Most people are so vain, that the act of eating becomes a shopping spree.

C: Rather than vain I would say addicted to the need to feel good.
Couldn't this need to feel good, also be vanity in disguise? More accurately, the most acute vanity known to experience?
S: No Woman, no progress.

C: You mean because women bear the children, so without them humanity would die out? Or you mean spiritually? Do monks in a monastery not have the possibility of spiritual progress? Please explain.
Spiritually.

"The feminine"
S: A woman mimics her own reflection.

C: Clever, and fashionable. But not for certain true.
Are you calling me a woman? :-P
S: In telling a lie, a man may gain insight. In telling a lie, a woman may gain emotion.

C: May? Or, vice versa?
Vice versa.
S: A timid character is often the result of a purposeful constitution.

C: This is odd. Can a character be timid? Do you mean personality? Can one's constitution be purposeful? Do you mean one's life?
Sure. The adjective "timid" can be applied to most nouns. One's "being," "spirit," "mind."
S: To finally align your will with your character, is the great benchmark of discovery.

C: Aligning will with character implies for me conscious work. How then would the achievement qualify as discovery? What is discovered?
Conscious work it is.

The achievement would qualify as discovery because prior to the achievement, the misaligned will/character would usually result in misaligned self-perception (As self-perception is paramount to consciousness itself).
S: Humans are clever because of their ignorance, God is simple because of his intentions.

C: Hmm. You believe in a personalized God?
Well, I believe in my own Buddha-Nature. :-)
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A man is weak when he mistakes his own kindness for gratitude.

A woman's best defense, is to make you think for her.

I often know others through my own actions.

Follow the Tao, and soon it's a wonder who's following who.

A woman's extensive memory serves two purposes: to inform her when not to think, and to proport her own wickedness. Thankfully, for her, she is unaware of either.

It is always best to retain a certain amount of ignorance to your own methods.

Those who are timid, are so, because of their desire for knowledge.
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Post by Matt Gregory »

I had to dig up the Aphorisms thread to get this thought out of my head:
Liberalism is the Conservatism in which the Religiousness has been replaced with Motherliness.
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