Blabberbox » Thought of the Day:pftq's occasionally coherent trains of thought.Share on Twitter

Busyness

October 27th, 2010 | Posted by pftq in Thought of the Day | #
You will always be busy, but you choose what you will be busy with.
345 unique view(s)

Greatest Language

October 21st, 2010 | Posted by pftq in Thought of the Day | #
The greatest language is intuition.
The greatest barrier is language.
385 unique view(s)

Reliability

October 13th, 2010 | Posted by pftq in Thought of the Day | #
Since when was being busy an excuse to be unreliable?
404 unique view(s)

Existence Through Believing

October 7th, 2010 | Posted by pftq in Thought of the Day | #
We die when our cells stop believing we exist.
352 unique view(s)

Purpose of Change

October 4th, 2010 | Posted by pftq in Thought of the Day | #
You say you want to make a change in the world.  What will you do once you attain it? What's preventing you from doing that already?
380 unique view(s)

Intention

October 4th, 2010 | Posted by pftq in Thought of the Day | #
If you know what ought to be done, then do it.  Don't cite an excuse for your action.
341 unique view(s)

Personas

September 25th, 2010 | Posted by pftq in Thought of the Day | #
Who are you if you take on a different persona at every hour? Would anyone truly ever know you? Would you even know yourself?
323 unique view(s)

Understanding and Knowing

September 9th, 2010 | Posted by pftq in Thought of the Day | #
Sometimes we understand too much, but we don't know enough to express it.
299 unique view(s)

Caring Too Much

August 7th, 2010 | Posted by pftq in Thought of the Day | #
Sometimes people refuse to care because they know they will end up caring too much.
287 unique view(s)

School and College

August 3rd, 2010 | Posted by pftq in Thought of the Day | #
Where in school there was a sense of buildup and progression, in college there is but a series of intermissions, a collection of fragments along a flattened stairway, a constant scramble to proceed as quickly as possible without a destination.
273 unique view(s)

Delusions of Grandeur

July 29th, 2010 | Posted by pftq in Thought of the Day | #
Delusions of grandeur? As in dreams and aspirations?
287 unique view(s)

Never and Always

July 29th, 2010 | Posted by pftq in Thought of the Day | #
Never say never.
Say always.
320 unique view(s)

Being Perfect

July 23rd, 2010 | Posted by pftq in Thought of the Day | #
Being perfect is subjective, based on one's own beliefs and values, but many of us can't even match that.
381 unique view(s)

The More You Know

July 20th, 2010 | Posted by pftq in Thought of the Day | #
The more you know someone, the less they respect you.
300 unique view(s)

Some of the Whole

July 18th, 2010 | Posted by pftq in Thought of the Day | #
Sometimes, the whole is greater than the sum of the parts only because we can't add.
314 unique view(s)

Jumping and Flying

July 18th, 2010 | Posted by pftq in Thought of the Day | #
I'm tired of learning to jump.  When can I fly?
347 unique view(s)

Used To

July 14th, 2010 | Posted by pftq in Thought of the Day | #
I used to fold flowers, cranes, and flying saucers.
Now I only fold black and white brochures.
347 unique view(s)

Stranger Than Fiction

July 13th, 2010 | Posted by pftq in Thought of the Day | #
Truth is stranger than fiction only if you lack imagination.
314 unique view(s)

Overachieving

May 4th, 2010 | Posted by pftq in Thought of the Day | #

Overachieving is like passing the mountain peak and off a cliff.

306 unique view(s)

Fraying Strands

May 3rd, 2010 | Posted by pftq in Thought of the Day | #
Into how many fraying strands can a thread be split before it no longer has a core?
298 unique view(s)