A wise person gains two advantages from solitude. The first is the opportunity to be with oneself, and the second is the opportunity not to be with others. A person who is healthy and bright does not view time spent alone as a hardship. Rather, they see it as an exciting and enjoyable date with themselves...
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...
The harder something is to obtain, the more desperately we want it. However, once it becomes ours and some time passes, we begin to feel as if it is useless. This is true whether it is an object or a person. We get bored because we have already obtained it and become accustomed to it. But that is because we are bored with ourselves. We grow tired because what we have obtained does not change within us. In other words, we lose interest because our feelings toward the object do not change. Ultimately, the less a person continues to grow, the more easily they feel bored. On the contrary, a person who is constantly growing as a human being is constantly changing, so even if they possess the same thing, they never feel bored.
When opposing a presented proposal, it is very rare for someone to do so after careful thought and based on solid grounds. Most people oppose it due to a backlash against the presenter's attitude, tone of voice, personality, or atmosphere. Once you realize this fact, you naturally learn how to win most people over to your side...
We often think of history as something distant and unrelated to ourselves. Or we view it as old books neatly arranged on dusty library shelves. However, history clearly exists for each and every one of us. It is the history of our daily lives. How we act and what we do in this very day, the present—that is what decorates a page in our daily history...
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...
Dedicating yourself to your work helps keep unnecessary thoughts at bay. In that sense, having a job can be called a great grace. When you encounter depressing events in life, immersing yourself in a familiar profession allows you to step back quietly and escape the pressure and worries caused by real-world problems...
No matter how good an action may seem, acting 'for the sake of something' is base and greedy. Whether for someone or for some cause, if it fails, a desire arises to blame the other party or the situation—anything at all—and when it proceeds smoothly, vanity sprouts, attributing it to one's own ability. Therefore, one should truly act only for oneself. However, when acting out of pure, active love, the phrase or thought of 'for the sake of' never arises.
Anyone who wishes to understand what kind of person they are should ask themselves the following questions and answer them sincerely and firmly. What have you truly loved until now? What has led your soul toward a higher dimension? What has filled your heart and brought you joy?
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...