“Your concern should be with action,never with an action’s fruits;these should never motivate you,nor attachment to inaction. ‘Established in this practice, actwithout attachment, Arjuna,unmoved by failure or success!Equanimity is yoga. ‘Action is far inferiorto the practice of higher mind;seek refuge there, for pitifulare those moved by fruit of action! ‘One…
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Should people who have not served NS have the right to talk about it? Many people seem to think they shouldn’t. For instance. Josephine Teo and Khaw Boon Wan have been criticized for talking about national service – one of the reasons being that they didn’t serve NS. Now I’m…
Comments closed“People are delighted to accept pensions and gratituities, for which the hire out their labor or their support or their services. But nobody works out the value of time: men use it lavishly as if it cost nothing.” Seneca
Comments closed“The future in science does not lie in increased specialization, but rather in the combining and cross-fertilization of knowledge in various fields. An artist must be on top of this and be capable of creating new forms, always remaining ahead of the curve. This often requires having more than just…
Comments closedI was thinking of algorithms. Or at least, what I will refer to as algorithms. And axioms – or rules of thumb. The thought started in a hospital: the hospital I frequent, where the pharmacy dispenses medicine through robot hands that transport the appropriate medicine (hopefully) from one end of…
Comments closed“In this frame of mind it occurred to me to put the question directly to myself: “Suppose that all your objects in life were realized; that all the changes in institutions and opinions which you are looking forward to, could be completely effected at this very instant: would this be…
Comments closed1) A person who creates is more interesting than a person who consumes. You can paint, draw, write, bake – anything. Write a screenplay. Paint still life. Add value to your world. 2) The creative portion of the mind is a muscle like any other: it must be flexed, it…
Comments closed“What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.” – Abraham Maslow
Comments closed“The inferior man’s reasons for hating knowledge are not hard to discern. He hates it because it is complex—because it puts an unbearable burden on his meager capacity for taking in ideas. Thus his search is always for short cuts. All superstitions are such short cuts. Their aim is to…
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