Love possesses the eyes to discover the beauty within a person and the desire to keep focusing on that beauty. Love has an urge to lead people to a higher dimension. When encountering something new—such as study, social interaction, work, hobbies, or reading—the wise approach is to confront it with the widest possible love...
When becoming friends, one can say the following relationship is maintained. Respect the other more than oneself. Love the other. However, not as much as you love yourself. In interaction with the other, at least approach with intimacy and gentleness. Yet, not to the extent of falling into excessive intimacy that leaves one unable to budge. Do not confuse the other with yourself...
Since death is already fated, live cheerfully. Because it will end one day, face it with all your might. Because time is limited, the opportunity is always now. Leave the wailing to opera singers. - Excerpt from Nietzsche's Words - When you don't want to live, and you think you'd rather not live at all than live like this. We must know...
The desire for possession is not inherently bad. It encourages us to work and earn money. With that money, a person can enjoy a life of abundance and even attain human freedom and self-reliance. However, when this desire exceeds its bounds, it begins to treat a person like a slave. Days are consumed using all one's time and ability just to acquire more money...
Everything can be interpreted in one way or another. There is no such thing as inherently good or bad events. Good, bad, helpful, harmful, excellent, ugly—the one who interprets it all is, in the end, yourself. However, one must realize that from the moment you interpret something, you are trapping yourself within that interpretation. In the end, you become captivated by your interpretation, and you begin to see things only from the vantage point where that interpretation emerges. In short, interpretations, or value judgments based on them, bind you so that you cannot move. Yet, without interpreting, one cannot organize a situation. This is the dilemma of interpreting life.
Many people are generous to themselves while applying strict standards to others. Why does this happen? It is because when we look at ourselves, we view from too close a distance, whereas when we look at others, we view them from too far a distance, seeing only their vague outlines. If we reverse this distance and observe others calmly...
What you once thought was an absolute truth in the past is now considered wrong. You may find that what you once held as your firm conviction might not be true anymore. Do not simply bury that change by blaming it on your youth, lack of depth, or ignorance of the world. Because for you at that time...
Do not be mistaken. Simply understanding the word 'self-control' in your head does not mean you can exercise it in any situation. Self-control is precisely what you must practice in reality. Resolve to practice self-control in one thing every day, no matter how small. If you cannot easily accomplish at least that much, you cannot claim to have self-control...