Sunday, December 11, 2005

Intellectuals

A community gets the intellectuals it deserves. Sometimes less perhaps, but never more.

Handcuffed freedom

If you have the freedom to write, but your hands are cuffed, why write?
If you have the freedom to think, but your mind is cuffed, why think?
If you have the freedom to run, but your legs are shackled, why run?
Silence is an expression that cannot be muffled.
Practice silence. No one can stop you from practicing it.
Timed silence is better than untimely speech.

Freedom

If you are in a position where others say that they have given you enough freedom, you are not free. It's when you don't care about what they intend to give you, but will still be free that there will be true freedom.

Freedom is never given, it's always taken.

If you are in a position when you have to be doled out freedom from somebody, it's high time you got off their clutches and broke free.

Let there truly be freedom.

Waves

When a large wave vanishes, a thousand small waves will fill the space, but they seldom accomplish what the larger wave achieved.

Ignorance

It's always better to laugh at others' ignorance than to expose one's own. What's more, it involves less effort and provides more entertainment.