Cparazette's Wisdom Page

Wars damage the civilian society as much as they damage the enemy. Soldiers never get over it.

Dream as if you will live forever; Live as if you will die tomorrow.

Dogma is often the corruption of someone else's spiritual experience.  Belief systems are often the enemy of the very spiritual truths they supposedly uphold.  Most religious beliefs are not merely the foe of reason, of science.  They are the enemy of God;  not the man-made tyrant in the sky, but the very source of life, love, and truth. They are the enemy of spiritual understanding that would otherwise flow through us like the blood that circulates through our veins.   Dogmatic presuppositions, drummed into our heads from infancy are like security blankets that shroud us in relative ignorance, and chain us to our beast-like tendencies.  We are capable of much more.  So much more.

The master of the garden is the one who waters it, trims the branches, plants the seeds, and pulls the weeds. If you merely stroll through the garden, you are but an acolyte.

During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.

When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.