Thoughts

Those who find happiness within themselves can find peace, while those who also find happiness in seeing others happy find bliss.

We all hold multitudes of layers for the world and fortitudes of lives within ourselves.

Realising that we’re mortal and humane, yet delusional enough to achieve the impossible, paves the way to greatness.

People and cultures survive because of their persistent beliefs in something, which can and will always be questioned both by themselves and by outsiders with different notions for each. Without such a system, the substantial law and order that we have can’t exist.

The perception of reality matters much more than the reality itself. As gravity bends time near black holes, so does perception bend reality near conviction and perseverance.

The pleasure lies not in discovering truth, but in searching for it.

Any materialistic thing that glows will eventually fade out.

The ocean can’t touch the sky, but it always gives us the illusion that it can, at the very end of the horizon. So is what and what not.

To steer the way of life as you desire, you need to pressure the side you wish for and loosen the opposite.

Is there any internal war within us that’s so maddening as it is for love?

Human emotions are unique. The peak of happiness is crying, the peak of sadness is laughter, and the peak of anger is silence.

Sooner or later, we know that there’s no point in proving to anyone, and that’s the point you’re going to prove.

A person who judges will also feel that he’s being judged.

If every time you’re tensed with a problem, you’re suddenly taken to a place where you see yourself from above, zoomed out and also others who are dealing with their life, a whole lot different and drastic than you, and brought back to normal again. Will you still be tense?

Whenever you find yourself fooling someone else, you fool yourself in some other aspect. And in most cases, never realise until it’s too late.

It’s good to have some belief system in place when you need it in hard times. It doesn’t have to be belief in god, it can be in you, your loved ones, someone who believes in you or even anything, but something’s needed.

You can’t find peace by looking for it; you find it by knowing that it already exists and making space for it to co-exist with everything else.

You need to have something to stabilise you, from everything except you. It can be a person, a routine or anything, but something.

Extremities crumble us, but balancing some of those extremities crystallises us.

Just keep doing the right and necessary things for your goals. All other things that are beyond your control will eventually fall into place.

At least for men, isn't the highest form of love they can truly show you is respect? Respecting you, your space, your boundaries, your dreams, your struggles, your vulnerabilities, your everything in every aspect. Not because they can, but because it’s hard to break the generational bias of superiority and complexity that one gender took for granted on the other, to reign over all this to give you what you deserved to be treated from the very beginning.

It should be nothing about you for it to become everything about you.

The volatility of the mind is what makes us unpredictable.

Don’t do anything for the sake of it, and never do anything with the wrong intent.

One task at a time to focus, one day at a time to live, goals and dreams span across days, and life spans across years.

As we age, our thoughts mature too, so why didn’t we make it a practice/habit to document it, acknowledge it and learn from it?

There is so much profundity to life to a point where we may not even be able to take it. So, we try to simplify it, only to confine it to a narrow point of focus, which again may or may not be justifiable and meaningful. So, you expand, and that may again only bring you back to this loop once more.

Learn anything through and thorough.

Isn’t it the fact that it’s easier to face the world than to face our true, raw and real self? Maybe that’s why people made it to give such importance to power and status, to avoid confronting the weaknesses and vulnerabilities of the self. The weight of the world is something that can be measured to be weighted upon us and neglected if you don’t want it to weigh you down. But the weight of the thoughts and the self is insurmountable and may only be conquered by knowing everything you know about yourself, only to know it’s not quite all of it.

Aren’t we all kings and queens, who have forgotten or misunderstood what it is that we supposedly hold the power to rule? That kingdom to conquer and control is neither the people nor the world; instead, it’s the real self, the powerful mind and the magnificent consciousness.

At some point in life, you’ll have to take a stand, your own stand devoid of anyone’s feelings, judgments and emotions.

How can we not be humbled by the foolish and selfish actions we’ve made along the way? It’s true that you’ve to make mistakes along the way of life to learn, but shouldn’t those mistakes be acknowledged at a later point in time, apologise if it had hurt anyone, learn something from it on why we did that and take note not to repeat again?

How can something be terrifically beautiful yet dishearteningly painful? Maybe that's love.

Doesn’t not having a direction cause most trouble?

Maybe you haven’t fallen in love yet, but haven't you fallen for the thought of love every single time?

Is love a wishful curiosity to be willing to know and willing to share each other’s journey? And is it up to the journey to surprise you with what may unfold?

Indeed, to love someone truly is a long, very long walk in life. It’s hard, but soul-enriching, and only some can afford to endure it last. Why so? Maybe it’s because we’ve to face our own inner demons along the way, to acknowledge them and pacify them. Maybe it’s to lose your ego. Maybe it’s to love without reciprocity at times. Maybe it’s just to be there and empathise, even though you wish the same. Maybe it’s to know the fine line between giving them their personal space without encroaching. More maybes and maybe whatnot. Anyone can start the walk, but can you walk all the way through, to know yourself better, to know the other person better, to share lives together and …?

Why do we romanticise life? Why do we try to justify everything with meaning and in accordance with god, belief, religion, faith and hope? Isn’t life just and only just the present moment stripped of everything else? Maybe it’s hard to digest that we choose to ignore and believe the things that make living worthwhile.

Love is truly imperfectly perfect.

People have to do what they need to do and what they like to do. Nothing else, nothing much and its not a either one option.

Be welcoming to people. Some might hold the treasure within, like you and might be willing to share as well, but only if you let yourself allow it.

Life isn’t supposed to be a movie for us to be a hero/heroine. Instead, I think of it as we being the protagonist, trying to create and build our story to tell to the world, share some spaces with our close ones' stories, and try to make the best one out of what we can. Some parts may not be as attractive as others, but the whole is much beautiful than the parts.

If we can’t find meaning in what we set out to do, we make meaning out of what we got. Because the meaninglessness of life isn’t glorified yet.

We’re all lying about something to ourselves. But who are we really trying to fool with this?

Being true to yourself and following your heart unravels innumerous gifts in life, and one of its greatest is wisdom.

There something as depths of the person. Only some can withstand the pressure at such depths so as even dare try to enter it and only a very few can possibly acclimatise and thrive.

Haven’t we all got work to do with our emotions at least?

If predominantly, men want purpose and support, and women want safety and trust. Where and how does love fit in this picture? Or it’s the invisible natural force that binds everything together where they were meant to be.

Does the true self get blurred in the facade we play to live by and fit in?

Some can’t afford to be temperamental with the portrayal of their anger. People can bear what rouses out of them, but not others.

Is life all about outgrowing ourselves out of every circumstance we’ve got ourselves into? And learning, feeling, and understanding are all just part of this process?

The complexity of human connections arises from the mental complexes that we’ve unknowingly acquired as we grow.

The perceptual rigidity of self and the world is the most powerful limiting factor there is, and even supersedes and magnifies all socioeconomic factors.

If you look at human nature and history, our perception of time was very predictable. But we live as we don’t abide by it, only to experience most of it ourselves all over again. And as always, some exceptions push boundaries, but not too far yet and all at once.

All that you miss to feel at the moment is added to the backlog for you to feel later, which mostly turns into an emotional burden that’s hard to feel and regret.

The delicacy of one’s heart commands the kind of fortress that will be forged upon to guard it.

Our fragile hearts are placed within the ribs of the body. It’s also called the rib cage. Now, my heart fathoms why so and what for.

The sanctity of your conscience must neither be misused nor compromised by anyone, and you’ve to know it first, protect it, and even fight for it.

Both fixating on oneself and refraining from the social nature of humankind lead to loss of self.

If the contingency of human nature is to never settle, then why do we want to settle in life before a certain age set by society or someone else’s?

Why is it that love is so special? Is it that we weren’t insignificant in the eyes of the person, even though we’re to the world?

We’re always at a loss for words when it comes to explaining our love. And we’ve gracefully accepted it to acknowledge that we can’t. To confine and encapsulate it isn't totally achievable as the true essence is only ever known, felt and lies between the souls of the receiver and the giver.

What are your thoughts on life? There are so many aspects to it that I always get lost in its wilderness.

Craft it so well that it’s hard to be unnoticed.

How can parents endure the unrequited love of children as they age? How does this attachment get transformed? I’m guilty of it, and I guess many unknowingly. That love to them is something they deserve more than we ever can know.

Questions and doubts arise only for those who’re in the middle of the ocean. Ignore and keep swimming. If you want to take a little rest, then float and don’t drown. You already know what one end looks like, and there’s no point in returning back.

What does it mean to love? What does it mean to be loved? Finally, what is love? Is the answer a trifecta of these three united? You tell?

Often startled by the peculiarities of life, only to rediscover myself more and over.

Learn different perspectives. Not to judge but to understand the reality that people often miss to see in one another. Give equal importance as you would for experiencing something new, because it actually is.

At some point in life, you ought to acknowledge the privilege you got to have. Only then can you detach yourself from it and see what it has made you as a person and what it has made someone devoid of it. Anyone’s world is never the same, even with it, but not accepting this blinds you from ever being able to truly understand the other world.

I feel that we’re so complex and profound beyond any of our comprehension yet.

Life seems to be a river, and we are a small twig. It emerges from a source and ends in a sink. A twig empowered by wind and other twigs, by things that push, and by obstacles to either fight through or take as hints to redirect. It’s up to the twig to use what it has to work its way to the bank it desires. And as a twig is part of the big tree, you carry with you the traits of it. You can stop at any bank you want with the effort to reach it, but the flow of the river still takes you through all the stages of life one by one and at the right time. Sometimes your river can be entirely different from the one someone else is riding. But two things are common anyway: you’ll drift with the life of the river and end up in the oneness sink of the ocean. Just try not to hold on to a single bank, take in as much as you need and go with the flow with the drift you want to have.

Focus empowers, and drifting dilutes the power of manifestation.

It’s quite paradoxical yet amazing that we’re infinitesimal in this universe and hold a vastness within ourselves that’s beyond any richness the universe can offer.

Why do we miss out on living life, to see its rich, bright, beautiful, amazing colours? Where and what are we running for if we don’t even have time to sit, think, and enjoy the present? I don’t have an answer and don’t intend to find one. Instead, I’ll live my life in the present with whatever it has to offer. No thinking or searching for an answer will equal it.

Acceptance gives you freedom and power in the pursuit of anything, despite situations and inabilities.

Conflict of thoughts paves the way for clarity of thought.

Love and death are the only two things to be left for destiny to handle. All others are up to you to make up in your life. That’s the freedom we get to enjoy.

We need to take turns and switch roles rather than wear masks in the situations and circumstances of life. Being you is the freedom that you always have, and you can take attitudes and behave in the best way possible.

We don’t realise how interesting the game of life can be.

Train your mind to reframe thoughts towards goodness, righteousness, and betterment. As said, thoughts build your reality, and you hold the power over your thoughts.

Everyone and no one except yourself holds power over your thoughts. And it’s up to you to choose.

Today, human actions aren’t bound by the universality of nature as they used to be. But if we can possibly and unitedly agree on at least one thing, then it’s attainable and leads to a better balance.

You may find yourself to be a culmination of different personalities that resonate, relate, admire, hate, and have likes and dislikes similar to you. Similarly, some may find parts of you within them, and if you attain fame, more people may find your pieces in them. So, if you take all of them and piece them together, there is no way to connect them all to make you the way you are. That missing connection is your unique personality that you need to build and strengthen.

Right intent protects you. It’s like the shade that assists you in your long, hard path. It also inhibits unwanted thoughts that may drain your energy.

Find your interpretation of ‘Balance’. For someone, following a proper routine is balance. At the same time, there is someone who works tirelessly for days and then takes the same amount as rest. Both may be odd and extreme to each other, but that is what they find to be balance for them—and neither is wrong. Find your sweet spot.

We really don’t have to worry about anything that’s on the emotional side as long as the sun’s gonna rise the next morning. It’s quite strange that what you feel deeply today and find very hard to experience is about to fade or be forgotten, and always loses its power over you.

Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.

In that very demand that I must be happy is unhappiness.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.

The soul is healed by being with children.

Everything is subjective in life until it can’t be. You learn, unlearn, accept, reject, and change with your experience of life to finally settle into what is truly you.

Learn to uncomplicate life. Even if you overthink and complicate, things are what they are, so why do it? Accept what something is and go chase what you want.

Life happens in between knowing nothing matters, and knowing that if nothing matters, then life will be boring.

I think life should never be limited by someone else's definition. Live and define it for yourself, allowing it to evolve as you grow and gain more experiences.

If reality is solely based on how you feel, then you should open your eyes wider before you feel it’s too late. You’re missing out on a more beautiful view that you’re blocking yourself from for no good reason.

Just live the present, don’t anticipate the future, and don’t regret the past. Just be present in the moment.

The ultimate goal of life is to find yourself. The journey of life is to get you there. While doing so, you get to fulfil a purpose that helps all of humanity in even the slightest way possible. By today, we’ve off-tracked and gotten distracted.

Knowing yourself is the highest form of intelligence.

Isn’t it the duty of oneself to find himself or herself through the process called life?

If life is not meant to be fully understood but rather felt, then why do we expect someone to understand or complete us in any way?

We’re all just lost wanderers in the vastness of life and the universe.

Enjoy being in the process of becoming.

We judge others by their actions, but ourselves by our intentions.

The solace of being unfiltered makes us at peace and happy, and being careless is one way of getting there.

Aim to explore and experience for what life truly has to offer.

Abra-ca-dabra – I create as I speak.

When love comes knocking at your door, be the best version of yourself possible.

Nowadays, people aren’t following their gut or instinct. Two things: one, people need to sit with their thoughts without distractions, and second, they need the conviction to pursue that decision and make it right. People who find it difficult to follow their instinct suffer from either or both of these problems.

Purposeful struggle adds both meaning and beauty to life.

There are infinite right answers to the single question of what life is.

Love is war and life is the battlefield, that’s kind of what we’ve made it into.

The gift of empathetic people is that they get to know life a lot faster and better, and live a fuller circle of life than most people.

We are all born so beautiful. The greatest tragedy is being convinced we are not.

You cannot make everyone think and feel as deeply as you do. This is your tragedy, because you understand them but they do not understand you.

Love is not easy, but love is not hard either. It just takes time and effort to be patient and listen.

Life is too big to narrow it down.

The heart just needs time to heal, but the mind needs more than time, it needs conviction, devoid of uncertainty.

No good story happens from things going right.

If something burns your soul with purpose and desire, it's your duty to be reduced to ashes by it.

Instead of trying to produce a programme to simulate the adult mind, why not rather try to produce one which simulates the child’s?

Every observer alters what they observe. In quantum mechanics, this is formalized. In human life, it’s more apparent.

In the right eyes, you will be art.

The most impressive people I know spent their time with their head down, getting shit done for a long, long time.

Both lock and key are needed, no value with just one.

He was her warmth, she was his peace.

Why does anyone even get married? Because they’re lonely and because they’re hopeful.

The truth is not simply what you think it is; it is also the circumstances in which it is said, and to whom, why, and how it is said.

But, human beings, you see - what we carry, after all? Nothing. Only sweet memories.

Human beings are fragile, yet they can beautifully manifest throughout time.

Life is paradoxical, period.

Being lost precedes finding the way, so trust yourself.

Why human souls always yearn for things that they’re denied off? And only finds solace if we ever find that missing piece.

Finding order in chaos is the only way forward.

But how could you live and have no story to tell?

The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.

Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.

We all share a commonality that we often overlook throughout our lives. Even if you grasp it early on, you may still choose to ignore it for a while.

We have two worlds: one within us and one outside. Make peace with each other; sometimes find balance, sometimes focus on one, but never ignore either.

Human beings are fragile, yet they can beautifully manifest throughout time.

When an experienced developer encounters a bug, they can reason about potential causes and solutions based on years of pattern recognition.

The learning: Pursue what you love with people you admire, put all your energy, and you'll grow like you've never thought possible!

For what it's worth, it's never too late to be whoever you want to be.

You overestimate progress in the short term and underestimate it in the long term.

One reason for improving our understanding of the world is to enhance our ability to mold it to our desires. Studying game theoretic models (or other models that apply to human interaction) may also suggest ways in which our behavior may be modified to improve our own welfare.

Some people are great, and some are just children. The only thing that really satisfies me when I have stress from work is to work.

Always break something apart into byte sized manageable pieces of knowledge.

You've got to play the game of averages. If you try enough ambitious things, a bunch of them work out.

Quit being a coward and do the hard thing - You need to run towards the pain and darkness and not away from it. I think the best leaders always run towards the darkness. They always run towards a problem.

Power is given only to him who dares to stoop and take it ... one must have the courage to dare.

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless yet be determined to make them otherwise.

The "How hard can it be?" mentality: Sometimes, a bit of naivete can fuel bold ambition and lead to incredible breakthroughs.

If you quietly accept and go along no matter what your feelings are, ultimately you internalize what you're saying.

Is it only Schopenhauer and I who are wise enough to understand the senselessness and evil of life?

I have labored carefully, not to mock or lament ... but to understand human actions.

I see good and bad in all of us.

I project myself into the given circumstances by using my ... empathic talent ... for understanding how other people express their emotions.

I've spent a lifetime understanding and connecting to emotions - not only my own, but those of other people.

A little bit of attention and kindness can totally change a whole life, and a lack of that can do the same.

If you're building your voice right now, don't chase followers. Don't chase reach. Say what you mean. Sharpen your inner filter. Speak from silence, not from strategy.

Your mind will keep you up at night, make you cry, destroy you over and over again. You need to convince your mind that it has to let go…because your heart already knows how to heal.

Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.

Some people are born with tornadoes in their lives, but constellations in their eyes. Other people are born with stars at their feet, but their souls are lost at sea.

You don't know what you like until you've tried it.

And if you believe that you're offered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, take it.

The most interesting people I've met optimize for new experiences. They choose jobs that allow them to do things that they've never done before.

I only wanted to share just one of the many questions leading their lonely existence in my soul.

I want to ask you, dear sir, as best I can, to have patience about everything that is still unresolved in your heart; try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms, like books written in a truly foreign language. Don't look for the answers now: they cannot be given to you yet because you cannot yet live them, and what matters is to live everything. For now, live the questions. If you do, then maybe, gradually, without your realizing it, some far-off day you will live your way into the answer.

In the spirit of Rilke, we can learn to avoid the addictive appeal of fast, easy answers. Loving the questions is a practice that's seldom pursued, challenging to sustain, and utterly transformational.

Artists are people driven by the tension between the desire to communicate and the desire to hide.

“The catastrophe you fear will happen has already happened.” That catastrophe was so devastating and traumatizing  that we’ve forgotten it, so it is lurking in the shadows of our unconscious, making us sick with fear and worry.

It is a joy to be hidden, and disaster not to be found.