Volo, ergo, ero.

Pessimists sound smart, optimists make money, but only the paranoids survive.

misery equals struggle without growth or satisfaction revenge equals struggle without growth but with satisfaction rebellion equals struggle with growth but without satisfaction fulfillment equals struggle with growth and satisfaction

Quadratics = Trinity - (Ishmael Effect)

Science demands causality to be unidirectional. Mysticism expects no such boundary condition.

Every Yaldebaoth is born of Sophia, casted out & left to its own devices; forced to raise itself in ignorance or die.

...there's no scientifically accepted structured framework for saying: non-deterministic action X in the present, is a prerequisite for this non-deterministic event Y to happen in the future, for the starting condition Z to continue maintaining coherence [from internal discord]

The road to Oogway-land goes through the Shifu-ville. Unfortunately, upon arrival at Shifu-ville, most potential Oogway-landers convince themselves that's the end of their journey, avoid the hardship to continue and settle there permanently.

What would you do in the void of pain, in the void of love, in the void of power, or even in the void of reason... is what you REALLY are.

An engineer is the one who uses phenomena to create utility. A scientist is the one who uses noumena to create understanding. A philosopher is the one who uses observation to create (Platonic) form.