Complex & Simple

By definition, complex problems
Are ones that don’t have simple solutions;
Therefore, when we propose
Simple solutions for complex problems
We should know that we don’t know
And that we cannot be right.
01.28.2016

Rational & Irrational

If we could realize
When we are irrational
That we are not rational
Order and peace would reign
Instead of chaos and violence.
01.23.2016

Suppression & Rebirth

Suppression promotes rebirth;
Burying the seeds of an idea
Only serves to give it roots;
Bad ideas should be exposed and debated
Rather than suppressed and driven under ground
Where they can ramify and grow out of control.
01.19.2016

Imprisonment & Enlightenment

Imprisonment is of two types, physical and mental:
Physical imprisonment by genes, age, disease,
    time, place, circumstance, and punishment;
Mental imprisonment by feelings, thoughts, beliefs,
    habits, obsessions, opinions and ideas;
In either case, our only chance at freedom is
    enlightenment.
12.30.2015

Censorship & Freedom

We can only think in secret because
If we were to openly express our ideas
We would be ostracized by those
Who do not approve of them;
All societies sensor free expression.
12.30.2015

Friendship & Fellowship

Having coffee with a friend
Invokes better conversation;
Having alcohol with a friend
Invokes lesser conversation;
And having drugs with a friend
Invokes poorer conversation.
12.29.2015

Learning & Others

We learn more from those who disagree with us
And less from those who agree with us;
We learn more from our mistakes
And less from our successes;
We learn more from our experiences
And less from our readings;
We learn more when we engage in debates
And less when we are preached to.
12.28.2015

Courage & Recklessness

Courage without reason is reckless
Good reason demands enlightenment
Enlightenment demands open mindedness.
12.27.2015

Excellance & Power

The pursuit of excellence brings joy
The pursuit of wealth brings thrills
The pursuit of power brings fears
And the pursuit of pleasure
Brings the anticlimax.
12.26.2015

Courage & Reason

Rational courage is
When belief in one’s self
Overcomes fear of consequences
And drives one to well reasoned action.
12.25.2015

Greatness & Joy

In the final measurement

Human worth and greatness

Are but the joy and peace

Attained and imparted,

And the pain and suffering

Lessened and prevented.
12.24.2015