It is dangerous to confuse society's beliefs with one's own. The opinions a society should hold should sometimes be, as in the case of the Equality of People, contrary to the the individual's.

Society should believe that everyone is equal. But to do so disregards individuality. Even "different but equal" puts everyone in the same category. ( Read more... )

He taught the curriculum well. But he taught life even better. He respected our intelligence and common sense, and skipped over familiar phrases such as "don't drink and drive" to teach us valuable lessons as only Mr. Kamin could ( Read more... )

One thing I yearn for: true love. If I ever get it ( Read more... )

If I'm traveling at a constant velocity in two dimensions, from a given one-dimensional perspective I could be moving at top speed, very slow, not at all, or even backwards.

Apparently I unconsciously wanted my (real-life) friends to find my livejournal. My conscious mind will not have this, and thus I have locked my previous entries, and this journal will become friends-only ( Read more... )

It is relatively easy to make solid arguments to the relative effect that life has no meaning. Generally such an argument would explain how everybody is born, and then dies, and how we have no existance outside of that, and thus our life has no significant meaning, as we are just part of "the state of affairs" of the universe ( Read more... )