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My Philosophy Of Life

So... Are We Are Living In A World Of Masquerade?

We all wear masks to hide the face ... we don't want others to see ... sometimes that mask slips away and who we are closest to ... have the rare privilege of uncovering a glimpse of the ones they seem to know."

A man's sexual inhibitions can not really be dissolved, exposed or explained to another, seeing that it is so deep and secretive, even darker in some. Maybe, if you can imagine a ripe onion; in each layer that you peel, there is really something hidden within ... accumulated during our process in life? If someone else can take all those layers off and reach the centre core, then and only then, can they see you truly ... your sexuality and inner desires. Do we really know anyone's mind? - we only think that we do!"

The only true success you'll have in life ... is in finding yourself and your limitations compulsively ... that's the greatest success there is within."

You should love your family as much as you can but be prepared for the time ... it may not be enough!"

There is no dignity to death ... in a land of scavengers."

Innovation sustains success, while complacency leads to stagnation and decline ... a lesson I try to keep in mind everyday!"

Only a mother's child is truly ... where miracles are born."

Weak is the one who has lost ... faith in himself."

Every man before he dies ... shall see the devil!"

Have a mind of your own or you'll just be ... someone else's fool."

Every man dies ... not everyman lives!"

If there's anything worth having ... there's also going to be more than one person interested."

The future is open to us and it's no bigger than a micro-chip."

We are all like the moon ... we each have our own dark side."

You're only limited by your imagination ... it's only a question of how far you can stretch your boundaries."

Faith applies to which we have no evidence, but there can be expectations."

When reminding yourself of death ... you become less conscious of life."

The key to immortality if first living a life worth remembering ... by others."

My life is free as a bird now ... yet like a book that has never been truly opened - only fumbled at by those who have tried ... even cared."

True words are not in speech!"

Women are like flowers ... you don't pick them too early; or men are like flowers ... if you want them to last, don't pick them!"

In real business dealing for successful people, what's for sale is not what's sold, or could be for sale ... it all works in reverse principal."

Believe in fate ... but don't test it, for it is the unknown horizon."

Sometimes before you go forward ... you should look back and see where you've been!"

There is much to be learned ... from beasts!"

Life goes on ... go on with it, that's all you can do!"

Every-man's salvation lies within."

There's something inside a man that's called HOPE, it's something nobody can touch or change."

Being surprised means, we have no power to control it ... before these moments we call future."

Are true loves ... based on true lies and deception?"

A strong chain cannot exist when it has a weak link!"

You can convince anyone you're someone else .... but not yourself!"

Without a passion we would lead an empty life, without passion we would be truly dead."

The closest person to me would need to believe in me even at times when I don't believe in myself - a task too difficult for most, although some have tried, but given the circumstances surrounding most of my life ... failure ... then that's understandable."

Music is a wandering in the mind ... it leads to unexpected frontiers."

Just before you die, they say your soul connection increases ... given a spectacular vision of what lies beyond."

God does not impose himself on you ... you must go to him, and only then can you get a response to your inner sanctum."

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it."

Harmful addictions are only suicide by time payments."

Dwelling on the past ... cripples the present."

Time is only the clock of life, our motives are taken for granted by our own, ever increasing, unstoppable pace ... are we forced to forget until the warning of self-recognition is finally upon us!"

Sometimes our own feeling of emotion can take us to where we do not want to go ... the unknown!"

Only the wise man, only he whose thoughts are controlled and purified, makes the winds and storms of soul obey him."

In the bark of your soul reclines the commanding Master. He does not sleep ... wake him!"

Circumstance does not make the man, it reveals him himself."

Freedom is creative energy released within areas of limitation. Limitations are not fixed; no one knows the power he has for freedom until he exercises it."

Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom."

What If? ... You spin a cocoon around yourself ... only time will tell what it will turn into ... either a maggot or a bright hued butterfly."

Does a melancholy mystic look at nature to mirror his emotions ... just maybe!"

To live eternally, one must surrender to death."

Man is the one animal that knows when he is going to die!!"

When a woman conceives a child, she will also know that she will leave her heart outside her body ... for the rest of her life."

Our survival on earth may not depend upon avoiding our enemies, but ultimately it could come down to flaws in our own character, that will one day leave us vulnerable to ourselves as predators - naturally or self inflicted."

Only by cutting through dark arrogance and pre-justice can we hope to survive and expect true justice."

Some of us may have developed an unconditional religious belief that can lead us to a future of undivided attention for the cause. But what is that same attention also diverts us from taking different paths ... would we then be blinded by real life realities that may lie in front of us? (While we should not forsake any true belief to a higher authority ... however, we should make sure we do not sacrifice our civil liberties in doing so.)

They say that without frustration one would not have a reason to stray and if we do not ... is it then only controlled by our inner morals?"

The very desire to strive for self-satisfaction can also lead us to abuse what is achieved ... it can even drive us to self destruction."

Is there even the slightest possibility when people think they are in love for the first time, they contemplate marriage ... as the fear of recognition sets in of never being loved by another, and not even loving themselves at any level ... would it not take long before they are confronted by their own fate of loneliness and depression?"

People can live their whole lives without love ... not knowing the true experience thus not missing it - but once love has been touched, the meaning of love ... they could not continue to fully exist being content forever ... without purchasing that feeling again."

They say "it's the death of every dream ... when it becomes reality."

As we travel through time expanding into incredible technologies we should not abandon humanities' basic fundamentals."

It is human to barter - improve our life - but if we give up our very freedom in doing so and sacrifice our dignity in order to survive?"

The pursuit of humans to acquire material wealth is pointless, if in turn destroys the human spirit which ultimately our saviour anyway."

Miracles are like falling in love completely, you never believe it can happen until it happens to you."

Is it true that our most advanced technologies cannot fathom our deepest feeling or emotion that really governs our lives - we even tend to forget these fundamentals while attending to our busy lives surviving?"

People want to get married ... what if marriage is compared to a cow ... why would anyone want a cow if instead you can go out and buy as much milk as you like!"

Some of the very things we should avoid but cannot escape, relating to our health, and which we let rule our daily lives, would probably have no meaning or course that would contribute to our eventual death anyway!"

If we could change our past ... would that also change who we are ... now?"

We think - sometimes our prayers are not answered, that's not particularly true ... maybe they;re answered in a way that we're not expecting!"

Some answers we all needed to know but could not find during our life ... could very well lie for us at the end of our journey!"

When you are born you will cry, while everybody around you rejoices. When you die those who were close to you cry ... while you may have only just accomplished self liberation!"

The strength of the effort is the measure of the result!"

Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him, to himself."

Only the wise man, only he, whose thoughts are controlled and purified, makes the winds and the storms of the soul obey him."

Your life is only an expression of your mind!"

Our lives are in balance of time and fate!"

Close your eyes so that your inner eye can see the real you!"

Only the dreamers are the saviour of the world."

In the bark of your soul ... reclines the commanding master - he does but sleep ... wake him!"

We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success!"

Men imagine that thought can be kept secret but cannot, it rapidly crystallizes into habit and habit solidifies into circumstance."

He who has conquered doubt and fear ... has conquered failure!"

A man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but can chose his thoughts, and so indirectly yet surely, shape his circumstance."

The body is the servant of the mind ... it obeys the operations of the mind!"

If you find something constructive you really have to do - then you'll never work a day in your life!"

People are always looking for the meaning of life and most do not find the answer ... those who become fortunate have found that the answer lies ... only within themselves and no place else - explore!"

The real test of love is when we can be our partner's friend and give without expectation of return."

There is no greater motivation for a man than success."

Differences create passion!"

In courtship, as in life, actions speak louder than words!"

Men often complimenting their wives because they think they've alreading paid her the ultimate compliment of marrying her!"

In essence, women think of many things at once, while men concentrate on one thing at a time!"

Failure is deadly for a man."

It is definitely not healthy for a man and woman to compete for appreciation in a relationship."

We start relationships because we are drawn to another person who is different from us ... but who paradoxically ... compliment us!"

When a woman gradually begins to mother a man, she thinks she is being loving and helpful, but she is really sabotaging her relationship."

If women are to secure a lasting relationship, they must first begin to open up their feminine side, which feels b\no shame in saying, " I need a man "

Never underestimate the power of denial."

When you die you leave your mark ... of course, you cannot know what kind ... but you can assume how deep you may touch other people's soul ... or not at all!"

Every day we have to make decisions for which we are always looking for answers. We even consult others to solve all those problems ... do we realize that we look to the outside to confirm what we have already decided in the first place!"

Distance attracts the eye and the fantasy more than newer objects ... which are clear to the eye. A means of interpreting appreciation of what one sees in the world around him."

What do we see? ... it's a perception of the awareness of what we are looking at, the appearance and the characteristics which are not immediately evident ... to the eye."

What is self-expression really! ... a means of interpreting appreciation of what one sees in the world around him."

The first step in grief ... is always denial."

Moonlight can drive lovers to madness ... not realizing it could only lead them to despair ... even devastating consequences."

Those who make history ... would not get to read about it."

Happiness is simply the absence of problems."

How much of any of our lives are manipulations of each other ... how much of all our lives are simply acting?"

When your life is on the rocks and you can't understand how it got there ... its time to move on!"

Enter the door to the Temple of Knowledge."

We should all enjoy the manifestations of the creative impulse in man."

There is no greater folly for a man .... than to despair."

Looking is easy! Seeing is not."

Life can only be understood backwards ... but it can only be lived forwards!"

Beauty in things exists in the mind ... which contemplates them."

Uniqueness has no practical value in isolation."

Only the daring will go forth."

If most of us had our way, we would sit at the front of the bus, or the back of a Church ... do we want to be the centre of attention?"

A person who never has enough time to do a job properly ... always has enough time to do the job again."

The grass may be greener on the other side, but it's just as hard to cut."

Innocence is a moral concept - not a legal one!"

What is worth living for; is worth dying for."

Desperation is the mother of invention."

A silent inward journey can be quiet threatening as well as revealing."

To find solitude in yourself is the key to salvation ... seek it."

We have to balance sadness ... with a sense of hope!"

A pessimist thinks all women are bad. An optimist wants all women to be bad!"

Cyclones are known as the "finger of God."

When you believe in nothing ... everything is acceptable."

There's no sound or cry in the world ... until someone listens."

You can have your life mapped out ... but in one split second it can all be gone!"

Poverty knows no limits."

Truth is only our perception of the world ... as we see it."

If we walk on a path of self-destruction ... we would be walking on a path ... of no return!"

Sadly we are in a world that's steering like a ship without a rudder. How many think it's a world fueled by moral starvation ... having little direction to values towards humanity?"

You don't completely realize the affect someone had on your life ... until they actually die!"

One thing stronger than fear ... is faith!"

Obsession knows no limits!"

Fate is unkind to the unattached!"

Time is a thief."

To find the reason ... you would lose the wonder."

If you want to get what you want in life ... you have to make it an obsession ... in control."

Living is the only thing worth dying for."

Life wasn't meant to be a struggle ... it was meant to be an adventure ... go there!"

Sometimes the very thing you're looking for ... is the one thing you can't see."

In silence take a journey to the centre of your inner being ... then you may discover ... peace."

Society still confuses insanity with genius!"

No matter how far the horizon may seem ... never lose sight of your dreams."

Thanks for reading some or all of these quotes ... Hoping you received insight and vision that may help your perception of life ... while we are here.

Thank you

Philippe de Kraan

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