One of the reasons that, Philosophers are less relevant, in age of "free speech" is their favoring of censorship; Wisdom is self-censorship..
The point of Philosophy is not a subject but the way a subject is understood. It opens with questions and leave the subject, open-ended..
The very existence of different schools of thought are indicative of their open-ended natures however, prejudices keep them closed
Intellectuals struggle b/w each other, whose sense of reality makes more sense and politicians struggle over " whose reality is more real".
Wealth and power make one to have an illusion of wisdom...
If you are the only the "model", available free for your projects then it might be looked upon as narcissism; Bragging is better than begging...
Seeing frown lines on most faces make me think that people are still too generous in using bitter words...
It is not just seeing that make an observation. It is the adjectives accompanying seeing that make an observation...
I appreciate informative sides of critics' works but "strong" analyses do not compensate the poverty of their creativity. To distort is to tort.
Intellectuals struggle with each other over "sense of reality makes more sense" and politicians struggle over " whose reality is more real".
As book reviews are intellectual ads of the books so are the news analyses, advertisements of the politicies that are already written.
One may doubt the claims of goodness but one may be in doubt to doubt an act of goodness...
Intellectuals are looked upon as must have pets despite of knowing that, "intellectual bites" are unexpected and most painful...
We all think but the real difference comes from where we focus most... On forethought, on his ideas or on afterthoughts? ...One who focuses on forethoughts, he is a good planner, one who focuses on afterthought, he is a good critic and one who focuses on his ideas, he is going to come up with new ones...
Uncle Einstein says, “Imagination is more important than knowledge”…. If you present your imaginations to world… artists will call you, “Romanticist”…. writers will call you, “Creative”…. entrepreneurs will call you, “Dreamy”…. Politicians will call you, “Utopian” … Philosophers will call you, “Idealist”… Well-wishers will call you, “Naïve”…. Me? I will call you, “Genuine Person”
The funny, incomplete expressions of children are sweet as we know they are spontaneous and genuine.... the rational and well articulated expressions of adults require interpretations as we know they are deliberate... (Just wanted to argue that I am a big kid...hehehe, funny or needs an interpretation?)
“Religion is the opium of people” said Marx… I think Marx wrote it without much contemplation (he couldn’t live to our age :(… otherwise he had written, “Religion is the opium of poor and social technology is the opium of middle and higher classes,”…Reason? Well, Each year we see higher doses of same stuffs, iphone 1-4s, ipad 1-2, Harry Potter 1-8, Pirates of Caribbean 1-3, Mission impossible 1-4 (more are coming),..and so on… At least I am convinced that each class has its opium….
I doubt that silence hold wisdom anymore… If the silence’s wisdom is just because we will regret what we have said…Well, regrets are having some practical advice for yourself and that is much better than not having any….
It just takes a few small changes in mindset to feel at home outside of your native place…
It just takes a few small changes in mindset to feel at home outside of your native place…
The novel cure of imperfection is to be yourself and for not being yourself, there is no cure...
When we accept the fact that we are not perfect then criticisms lose their worthiness but those who we love become special in the sense that we think of them as worthy to be criticised by and also criticised for...
When we accept the fact that we are not perfect then criticisms lose their worthiness but those who we love become special in the sense that we think of them as worthy to be criticised by and also criticised for...
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