Although life is still a complete mystery to me, I thought it’d be nice to share a bit of assertive confusion with you my readers, in the form of a random list of facts. Let me warn you: some of these truths are of such depth I have no idea what they mean.
- Start now, plan on the fly, adjust all the way until completion.
- Run away from alliances, develop friendships.
- If you know how to resuscitate your motivation, nothing will ever resist you
- Don’t hate harmful people, just keep your distance. That’s basic hygiene.
- Love everything, everyone, even those who voted for Bush twice.
- Relatives are the termites of creativity, solitude is where new ideas mate
- When a problem shows up: rejoice, it’s about to teach you more about yourself than any fucking holy book.
- Bad people smile more often than kind ones, beware of the polite!
- Stay silent whenever you get a chance.
- Don’t seek everyone’s approval, everybody needs you to do something controversial, particularly those who are against you.
- Listening to Frank Zappa significantly increases the size of the human brain.
- If you succeed, congratulate yourself, if you fail, take notes and congratulate yourself.
- Bury your perfect idea, spread some manure on it and then water it everyday.
- Just trash that guilt already. It’s the most disgusting western inventions along with nuclear bomb and turducken.
- Cheeses love you, especially Roquefort and aged Cheddar.
- Dark is the path of pride. Dark, lonely, and a little ridiculous on the side.
- There’s no such thing as bad patience.
- If you think teenagers are stupid, remember that poster of Iron Maiden you use to have in your bedroom. Be kind to young brats, their self-esteem doesn’t need another hater .
- If you think you’re not smart enough, remember: you once learned to speak a language.
- Hostile people will want your friendship if you treat them with genuine respect.
- Those who think they need more power meet the requirements for a long therapy.
- Protects all living things that grow, except turnip. Turnip is pretty bad.
- How much time would you spend on social media if you had just been diagnosed with a terminal cancer?
- It’s smarter to be unfaithful to drugs than commit to sobriety.
- If you can make it a daily habit, you WILL get there, worry no more.
- If we don’t care for others, we become so easy to manipulate.
- Mingle with those who do better than you, you’ll experience a stimulating form of embarrassment.
- It’s harmful to give name to things we know nothing about, like Death, for instance.
- To make a difference, you need to change the way you talk to yourself.
- Idealism is a by-product of self-hatred.
- Rebelling against the system is still playing by its rules. Think Off-center.
- There’s no such thing as global conspiracy, although watching conspiracy documentaries is an awesome way to kill time.
- If you want to change the world, start with how you do it.
- You’re going to get old, so follow those who’ve done it right.
- To win against anger, just apply this single instruction: LATER.
- Simplify, strip-off, condensate, create value by removing the fluff.
- You can’t buy time with money. Cut down on work hours and love more.
- Thoughts are cumbersome and irritating, but meditating makes them transparent.
- Question your certainties, don’t replace them with other certainties. See if that makes you freer.
- There’s nothing more stupid and harmful than a crowd of religious people.
- You’re officially allowed to complain, indulge and procrastinate for the sheer sake of it. I have spoken.
- Hope is just a disguise for anxiety. Friend the present moment, it pays cash.
- Every time you’re about to blame yourself, listen to a track by The Orb.
- Give every situation a chance to make you more flexible, smarter and compassionate.
- Whatever you want to accomplish, give it 5 years, minimum.
- If you’re being criticized, at least you’re doing something worth criticizing.
- You don’t know what you’ve said until the others respond.
- Psychedelics will teach you stuff that you could learn otherwise, accept that you’re doing it out of curiosity.
- Invest now, spend later.
- The French possess what Americans try to despise, and the Americans have plenty of what the French secretly long for.
- Seizing opportunities is not as important as letting go of those that would distract you.
- “How does this work?” is what every kid asks, then they grow up. Too bad, this question becomes actually useful at adulthood.
- If you’re an animal lover, you can’t decently eat them.
- Overtime, meditation will transform you completely. Overtime. Be patient.
- Men and Women would become basically the same thing if it wasn’t for what they’re told when they’re kids.
- Values are crutches to help you walk straight until you understand how reality functions.
- You’re not just a biological machine, and scientists still don’t know what’s going on in your brain when you think of a cat. There is hope!