Chapter 2
193.Control is present in creation and destruction.
194.Credit is given or withheld when justified or otherwise, when expected or otherwise and when under obligation.
195.If we persist against reason, it is like dehydrating a parched desert.
196.There are fantasies which deserve a shot at reality and those which should remain as they are.
197.There are realities which we are thankful for and those which we wished had stayed as unfulfilled fantasies.
198.Fantasies are stakes in a world of intangibles.
199.For the preservation of sanity we reach for relief from orthodox and unorthodox quarters.
200.To stray is to lose or to find.
201.Uncomprehended text are just blots on matter which ignorance is unable to decipher.
202.Despite the worth of a piece of work, if it?s not understood it is worthless or at best a nagging mystery.
203.Be thankful for having both food and shelter during intemperate weather.
204.We forget about others while drunk in our own comforts and pleasures.
205.There are escape artists who perform stunts by liberating themselves from danger. There are escape artists who perform stunts by shirking responsibility.
206.We are given the option to etch our niche in humankind?s odyssey as those who follow the paved path or as those who hacked their own.
207.Fiction is when one?s work is courted by reality and possibility, the logical and illogical.
208.If you want a recital, ask for what one knows. If you wish to witness an accomplishment, ask for what one can do with what one knows.
209.Seek for one and you shall find many. Accept one and you shall accept many.
210.One can only caution oneself or another if one has foresight, the lessons of experience or knowledge.
211.If we hadn?t been particularly exceptional in a certain matter, compensate for it in others if one is able.
212.The enhancing mask of vanity is a lesser vice compared to the deceptive mask of lies.
213.It takes the higher to make the lesser realise. It takes the lesser to make the higher realise.
214.Paces frantic, moderate or leisurely yield results.
215.Variety, uniformity and contrast is to be found in similar or a myriad of elements.
216.There is control in bursts of energy or in composure.
217.We think of things which we believe and do not believe.
218.Reality is as normal or ludicrous as the events which shape it.
219.Keeping ourselves alert is the easiest, most natural and challenging thing to attempt.
220.Seeing the sane and farcical keep our sanity. Being able to tell the difference assures us of our sanity.
221.Wishing for the worst for others bares the worst in us.
222.To commit ourselves truly, it is best that we make as few pledges as possible.
223.We mostly refrain from requesting assistance because of pride, taciturn nature ,fear or over confidence .
224.Pride is forgotten when one is threatened or desperate.
225.When inspiring thoughts leave us , we lose the fervour. We are left with tokens of achievement and the longing to achieve more.
226.Reverberating thoughts impede or propel.
227.Results are produced through depletion of renewable and non renewable resources.
228.We are spent or revitalised when we give or derive.
229.We are all tied to strings of some sort. Some strings are longer, firmer and more essential than some others.
230.Discretion is found in those with many priorities or in those who understand subtleties of human ways.
231.An act of disregard can set the stage for a succession of similar misdeeds because those in a position to rectify chose not to commit and instead conformed to the state.
234.Praise emboldens, inflates or reddens the cheeks.
233.Relationships are equal and unequal.
234.A question does not necessarily beget an answer.
235.We are noted for ...being in and out of prominence ...our potential to be in or out of prominence
236.We are elated that others understand us. We are uneasy because others comprehend us.
237.The reluctant will not. The reckless will. The rational evaluate.
238.A disguise is a state contrary to the actual or natural state.
239.It is next to impossible trying to assist those who are unwilling to be assisted.
240.Do not venture beyond one?s accustomed depths for the sake of answering a childish challenge.
241.There is ceremony for both our physical advent and departure.
242.Attempts themselves do not manifest righteousness.
243.If we allot too much leeway for others in the running of our lives, we might not get to know ourselves or its potential.
244.We cannot survive solely in the realm of the past, however grand, for the rest of our existence.
245.Awareness come not only from work of others but from our own observation as well.
246.Sanity should not be confused with conformity.
247.A philosopher is one who roams through the wilderness of specifics in order to derive compact and representative generalisations .
248.The fire within heats us to action or burns us to oblivion.
249.Desperation heeds not reason, decorum or consent.
250.We criticise others well and convincingly. Can we do the same for ourselves or will it take another to see the cracks on our crystal ?
251.When one is too enmeshed in light matters, serious matters become heavy burdens.
252.Being out of touch from the familiar makes the return strange.
253.The superfluous are decorations built from the base of essentials. We can add them on or discard them when it pleases us or when prodded by necessity but we cannot dispense with the essentials.
254.How well we perform a task reflects how much we have learned. How well we perform a task reflects our aptitude level.
255.When a situation is prevalent, a deviation is seen as an exception, anomaly or luxury.
256.Life comes to us in fragments .We have to link the pieces to find our place in it.
257.We express knowledge in full, in portions, always or at times. We admit ignorance in full, in portions, always or at times.
258.Process involves cause and transition of former states to that of latter or resulting states and eventual outcome.
259.For one to know intellectual fullness and depth, one must beforehand be submerged in the levity of banality. The two states come in intervals.
260.We develop our intellect by striving to know what others know. We advance our minds by formulating what others know not.
261.Impulse demands for attention .It is our discretion which chooses to see to its needs or to ignore it.
262.We are too preoccupied with singular functions which deal with worldly tasks. It is akin to acknowledging the individual components of a contraption and not the reason for its invention.
263.Philosophy and deep rumination is often ill considered by those in the fever and throes of the rat race.
264.In order to relate to a state, experience of that state comes to play.
265.Some things lose their appeal when they lose their novelty.
266.Be sure to secure the base of or triumph at the time of glory lest it be eroded when it is our turn to face the brink.
267.We regard time spent on a matter only to find it unsuitable for our purpose a waste yet it isn?t for the evolution of thought and concepts have brought us to our present stage besides strengthening our tenacity.
268.A preference may be linked to the emotions or emotional detachment. Preferences may be formulated from practical necessity or the heart?s calling.
269. Bitter or sweet farewells are in synchrony with our emotions at the time.
270.Little bits of misery is found all over existence and it is unevenly distributed.
271.One cannot be dogmatic in a game of cat and mouse.
272.We are victims and beneficiaries of our excesses, austerity and moderation.
273.Between ?could have been? and ?has been? is ? being?.
274.Jadedness is when excitement?s throbs are tempered by experience.
275.Matters past which we had derived from sources other than ourselves is knowledge. Matters past which we have lived through is experience. We have knowledge and experience with us.
276.All worthy actions done were done not in vain.
277.Others know us for what we have done. We know ourselves by what we have done , what we have yet to do , what we are capable of and what we cannot do.
278.All of us devour a form of life in order to sustain our own.
279.One sometimes can have no inkling of a matter until it is one?s turn of fortune to encounter it.
280.One?s taste can be flaunted for show but one?s show is not to everyone?s taste.
281.Some matters serve a specific purpose while there are those which possess relevance always.
282.A humorist has laughter to spare and share.
283.Life cannot be considered seriously by one who sees it as a mere absurdity.
284.Glumness is a disease when and where laughter is infectious.
285.He who laughs last caught the joke last or has a pathetically slow sense of humour.
286.One who conveys a joke cracks it. One who listens catches it.
287.Humour makes the heavy world a lighter one.
288.Humour lightens and brightens up solemnity.
289.It is logical to limit oneself to necessities in lean times. It is thrift to limit oneself to necessities in boom times.
290.A sober approach to birthdays is to consider them as a time for reflection and resolution in place of common revelry.
291.Material with knowledge and wisdom. Material with knowledge but without wisdom. Material which give neither.
292.Thought and conduct are fused as a singular entity in wisdom.
293.If one were to be blamed, be blamed for zeal?s abundance rather than the pathetic lack of it.
294.When one is a compulsive achiever, a person of accomplishment at an earlier than usual phase, one is at a state whereby it would have taken others a much longer time to grasp. For those who prefer to progress gradually , early achievement is a remarkable exception / anomaly.
295.Prudence makes us servants of our needs and anxiety.
296.Confidence lends courage .
297.The beginning of our affection is selfish and self-serving. At its maturity our affection is such that sacrifice becomes a viable option for the welfare and happiness of another.
298.We adapt , adopt and emulate in order to progress and as we progress.
299.We are pained at the point of release for we know what we shall miss. We are indifferent if we do not know of what we shall be deprived of.
300.The extreme ends of involvement are at the fringes of impassioned and detached states.
301.When we are unfamiliar with something, we review it often so that we can assimilate it in our minds and to accustom our thoughts with it. When we are familiar with something we become well versed enough to kid around with it.
302.We were born as dots among masses. We try to leave as complete sentences. Yet the length of our trail hangs heavily upon circumstances.
303.We may holler out loud. We may be heard by all. All comes to nought till another answers the call.
304.Our tongues make things great and ordinary sound as they are or contrary to their significance and nature.
305.Waiting can be brief respite from outcome or torment of outcome?s uncertainty.
306.Vision to create a cause. Conviction to stay and Effort to pursue it.
307.Dissatisfaction fuels both beneficial and destructive effects.
308.Carbonated drink makers are a jolly lot. They are in a bubbly profession.
309.Critics whine, critics praise, critics appraise, critics condemn , critics dismiss , critics ignore , critics avoid.
310.We complain of work which drain us and we complain of a lack of work.
311.We can say what we really wish to. What hinders our speech are variables in circumstances and its retinue of effects .
312.We recall because there was a yesterday and it has passed. We do because we have today and it passes but once. We plan because we believe in tomorrow and it will come to pass.
313. It is the tempered soul that outlasts the fury of the pyre, the mortality of the flesh, the vicissitudes of fancies, impermanence of favours, the narcissism of vanity and the intransigence of factions. For awhile, and while it lasts, the soul wears the godhead and inspiration, and it sees the wisdom withheld from foolishness and the dues of virtues. How one wishes to have that crowning wisdom, on the strength of our worthiness, unhindered by our most personal and private of pitfalls.