Victory

All victory is my victory.
All failure is my failure.

A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life, The Perfection of Zeal

50. This world overwhelmed by mental afflictions is incapable of accomplishing its own self-interest. Therefore, I must do it for them. I am not as incapable as the world is.
54. Therefore, with an unswerving mind, I shall bring disaster to adversity. For as long as I am conquered by adversities, my desire for victory over the three worlds is ludicrous.
55. I should overcome everything and not be overcome by anything. I should acquire this self-confidence, for I am a Child of Lions, the Jinas.
62. One should diligently apply oneself to the action in which one engages. Intoxicated by that action, one should be of an insatiable mind, like one striving for the satisfaction of the result of a game.

Things I Forget

I hide in my formalism. Self-care is the most revolutionary act.

Puh-Pum Puh-Pum

There are things worse than death. Half-life. Silent agony. There are things better than mere living. Isn't it funny then that the threat of true life can send a person into half-living? I shall endeavor to follow no law that offends that law I find written on my heart.




To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.

Err on the side of GTFO

Sometimes people accuse me of not being serious enough.
Oh, my mistake. You see, I took it as a farce, whilst you took it as a tragedy.
This tragic comedy gets the best of us all, so it looks.


Joke 'em if they can't take a fuck.

Twine

Chapter 74, Tao Te Ching: If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve. Trying to control the future is like trying to take the master carpenter's place. When you handle the master carpenter's tools, chances are that you'll cut your hand.

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