Quality & Quantity

Quality is elusive;
Eyes are impressed by quantity.
09.30.30

Beliefs & Truths

We resist truths
That challenge beliefs.
09.29.10

Reward & Breeding

When you reward hard work
You breed hard workers,
When you reward laziness
You breed procrastinators,
And when you reward pretense
You breed social duplicity.
09.28.10

Humane & Self Worth

The delusion
That we are being humane
When we are doing nothing for humanity
Sustains our false self worth.
09.27.10

Spending & Living

Not spending money
When one has it
Is selfish hoarding
For it deprives
The less-fortunate
From making a living.
09.26.10

Loudness & Self Knowledge

The loud don’t know
How loud they are.
09.25.10

Listening & Words

We listen better
When words are fewer.
09.24.10

Speach & Noise

Saying something
When there’s nothing to say
Makes for a noisy world.
09.23.01

Age & Speed

Nothing is more characteristic of age
Than the decline in speed.
09.22.10

Information & Knowledge

The media
With their barrage of information
Give the unsuspecting public
The illusion of knowledge.
09.21.10

Association & Strength

When we associate
With those older than we are
We flaunt our physical strengths;
When we associate
With those younger than we are
We flaunt our intellectual strengths;
For in every association, there's a tacit duel.
09.20.10

Struggle & Love

Beyond our struggles for survival
All the rest of our restless efforts
Are struggles against loneliness
Against worthlessness
Against emptiness
Against insecurity-
Against the lack of love.
09.19.10

Sexuality & Intellect

It is regrettable
That nature enjoins us
To expend more energy
Nurturing our sexuality
Than our intellects.
09.18.10

Sexuality & Humanity

Sexuality
Is the grand conductor
Of humanity’s infinite orchestras.
09.17.10

Followers & Gullibility

The fact that anyone
No matter how evil or bad
Can attract followers
Is universal evidence
Of human gullibility.
09.16.10

Cruelty & Limits

There are no limits
To human cruelty;
We can always out do
Our predecessors.
09.15.10

Religious & Spiritual

One must choose
Between being religious
Or being spiritual;
One can either be contained
Within one religious doctrine
Or else be free to contain
All the doctrines of humanity.
09.14.10

Easy & Hard

Youth’s
Fear of death
Makes dying hard;
Age’s
Fear of infirmity
Makes dying easy.
09.13.10

Righteous & Unnatural

There’s nothing righteous
And nothing unnatural
Upon this planet.
09.12.10

Pretense & Hubris

Pretense
Is surrender to hubris.
09.11.10

Exposure & Absolution

We do not absolve ourselves
By exposing others.
09.10.10

Dislike & Reality

We dislike those who remind us
Of who we really are.
09.09.10

Minds & Enlightenment

A made up mind is a closed mind;
Those who have already made up their minds
Have unwittingly closed them to further enlightenment.
09.08.10

Fear & Teacher

Fear
Is a grave teacher.
09.07.10

Joy & Thrills

Thrills may be complex
But joy is always simple.
09.06.10

Competence & Incompetence

We annoy the incompetent
When we execute with competence.
09.05.10

Cruelty & Selfishness

All of us are cruel
In our tacit selfishness.
09.14.10

Pioneers & Effete

The pioneers first spill their blood
Then the effete wash it away.
09.03.10

Terrorism & Torture

Torture
Is the signature of primitive oppressors
Terrorism,
The signature of angry underdogs
Cruelty,
The signature of human conflicts.
09.02.10

Age & Speed

Age
Cannot be hidden;
Observe the speeds
Of motion and emotion
And then look at the hands.
09.01.10