Tolerence & Mediocrity

A noble soul tolerates mediocrity
And expects less form it.
3.1.10

Worship & Support

Most worship is a form of social support
Only the few worship alone.
02.28.10

Effeteness & Strggle

Effeteness is the spoiled child of affluence
And struggle, the mother of fortitude.
02.27.10

Sophistication & Enlightenment

Those who flaunt sophistication
Lack enlightenment.
02.26.10

Generalization & Prejudice

Resist the urge to generalize
And you’ll avoid prejudice.
02.25.10

Surprises & LIfe

Surprises arise whenever we assume
That people are rational and life is orderly.
02.24.10

LIfe & Nature

Life, the greatest attribute of nature
Is too precarious to survive long
In this explosive universe.
02.23.01

Media & Masses

The media inflate and audiences capitulate;
The art of using too many words to say little
Appeals to the mass mind more than terseness.
02.22.10

Passions & Wisdom

Boundless passions belong to youth
Old age must exchange passion for wisdom
Or else it would languish in lethargic indifference.
02.21.10

Death & Awareness

Let me die aware
Aware of my transitioning
Aware of the last trickles of life dripping
Dying aught to be the beautiful crown on my head
That I shall wear for the grand finale of my life’s performance.
02.20.10

Death & Renaissance

Were it not for death
The planet would have been ruined;
Death cleans and renaissance refreshes.
02.19.10

Inconvenience & Truth

Inconvenient evidence is invariably contested
And inconvenient truths, invariably denied.
02.18.10

Reason & Delusions

Reason does not stand a chance
As long as humanity remains delusional;
Collectively, most of our beliefs are fictional
And most of our ideas are unverifiable by evidence.
02.17.10

Atrocities & Names

Situations change their names and faces with times and places.
What was palatable during war should become unconscionable
during peace. What was sanctioned in the past—such as
inquisitions, colonialism, occupations, evictions, slavery, and
creating refugees plus violating their human rights—should become
horrifying to the enlightenment of today. Yet all such atrocities
continue unabated, albeit under different names. What really
matters is not what we do but by what name we call it.
What’s in a name? Everything...
02.16.10

Value & Loss

We eulogize far more after death than during life;
The word eulogy has acquired a macabre sense because
What makes us keenly aware of value is loss.
02.15.10

Incompetence & Excellence

In human affairs, incompetence is easy while excellence is hard.
Human nature, like water, flows naturally downstream
And can only flow upstream with effort.
Choosing the easy way out is a slippery slope,
Which in the long run sets us up to fail.
02.14.10

Ethics & Nations

There has never been an ethical nation under the sun
And there never will be as long as human nature
The most dangerous force upon this plaent
Continues to prevail over ethics.
02.13.10

Art & Artist

Art, the child of the aritst, lives on
While the artist becomes a name.
02.12.10

Humanity & Euphemisms

Our language is loaded with euphemisms
Humanity has never been humane and
Homo sapiens have never been wise.
02.11.10

Evidence & Belief

Humanity has always shunned evidence that runs contrary to its beliefs and has always refeused to alter older beliefs diproved by newer evidence. Loyalty to unverifiable beliefs is a fundamental feature of human nature and whosoever dares to challenge this loyalty is accused of treason and jis ruthlessly punished.
01.10.10

Sex & Heaven

Sex is the reward of procreation
And heaven, the reward of faith.
02.09.10

History & Quality

History has taught us that high quality is illusive;
It takes a rare amount of sophistication
To recognize it.
02.08.10

Mind & Society

An un-enlightened mind is a dangerous waste
It grows to hurt the society that engendered it.
02.07.10

Children & Pets

Children are pets;
We bring them up mainly for love.
02.06.10

War & Waste

Were it not for waste and war
We'd all be healthy and wealthy
And earth would be much cleaner.
02.05.10

Youth & Foresight

Youth,
Blinded by bright alacrity
Cannot see what awaits it
Down life’s untrodden roads.
02.04.10

Belief & Segregation

Every belief is an act of segregation
A closing up of the mid of a group against all contrary opinions
A respite from the labors of thinking that is necessary
For reassessing reality and reexamining morality.
02.03.10

Corruption & Reform

Human nature cannot be reformed
So far, corruption has managed to infiltrate
All the governments, establishments, and religious orders of humanity.
02.02.10