Copyright (C) 2002 by L.M. Wong Dommy dominaeprimus@yahoo.com PoPHILO Dommy PRELUDE THINKERS IN THEIR OWN WORDS DISPLAY AND CONVEY THE DEPTH OR SHALLOWNESS OF THEIR OWN AND SO SHALL BE PILLORIED OR ACCLAIMED BY THEIR OWN THOUGHTS. THERE IS IMMENSITY IN SPARSENESS AND SPARSENESS IN IMMENSITY. PoPHILO POPULAR PHILOSOPHY Dommy 1.Better to be a willing servant to our mind than an unwilling slave to a tyrant?s will. 2.The physical self and mind as willing servants to a worthy cause is a form of devotion. The physical self and mind as unwilling slaves to a despised cause is physical and spiritual violation. 3.Controlled freedom is externally induced refrain, discretion and responsibility .It is only when we are given the sovereignty of freewill do we realise our susceptibility and vulnerability. 4.If a soothsayer predicts negative events in our lives, use freewill to avoid them. If a soothsayer predicts positive events in our lives ,use freewill to fulfil them. 5.We should all generate our own knowledge not just absorb all that we have learned. In order to attain our full intellectual potential ,we need both the scholar and innovator in us. 6.When at last we realise how much we?ve lost when things have passed, we have grasped both wisdom and folly. 7.A pessimist is plagued by dark vision. An optimist is embraced by clear hope .A practical realist has both dark vision and clear hope . 8.Sweeping statements are uninsured ventures offering high risks of swallowing our words and pride. 9.The course of one?s life is like a quest for a masterpiece. It hinges on just the right intensity and apt strokes. 10.The best we thought we were at earlier times are sometimes not as good as the best stage we are at now. Being at one?s best depends on the time scale it is judged on. We peak differently at different times. All our peak points are the summits of their own time. 11.A mortal fact here : Those who live within the century they were born in and never get to see the next or those fortunate enough to see the next. 12.Clich‚s that we cannot do without are not clich‚s but language essentials. 13.Anxiety to the mind is akin to a fractured leg to the body. 14.To maintain constant levels of alertness, for the prolific mind ; repose while for the sedentary mind ; stimulation. 15.Moderate amounts of guidelines in convention and etiquette ensures that civilization behaves in civil fashion. Excessive amounts of convention and etiquette converts life into ritualistic enslavement of thought and action. 16.If you don?t know nothing you know something. 17.One insists because of truth. One insists because of prejudice. 18.Experience is when something becomes easier, more predictable with less surprises with our ability to discern those worth cherishing and those only worth during their fleeting hour.