One thing I regret is not having the backbone to refuse wasting my time with certain people in my preteens. I easily wasted 4-5 years of my life doing this. A time I could've grown and become 5x more powerful than I am now. Is this how you would interpret the quote? Many others beg to differ that the quote means something else. EDIT: Come to think of it, I only blame myself for have wasted 4 years of my life. Which is little enough for me to realize at an early enough age, that it all was fuckin' worth it  In no way should one act contrary to the great future you have before you.
And yep - time spent learning is never time wasted - those lessons that are rough to learn are also rough to forget! p . . . a . . . n . . . d . . . o . . . r . . . a trad metalz | (more coming) - 06-20-2011, 10:37 PMConny would never say that.I strongly believe that he suggests not to think of yourself more highly than others or something.Of course,if you live in unity everyone is your friend,so there you go. - 06-20-2011, 11:03 PM"Have no friends not equal to yourself." A quote by Confucius, One thing I regret is not having the backbone to refuse wasting my time with certain people in my preteens. I easily wasted 4-5 years of my life doing this. A time I could've grown and become 5x more powerful than I am now. Is this how you would interpret the quote? Many others beg to differ that the quote means something else. EDIT: Come to think of it, I only blame myself for have wasted 4 years of my life. Which is little enough for me to realize at an early enough age, that it all was fuckin' worth it it it makes you feel any better, those same people didn't have the backbone to stop wasting their time on you, too.
From this page (1-8) http://www.wright-house.com/religion.../Analects.html, I got the feeling the quote probably means something closer to what timewu said, perhaps concerning holding faithfulness/sincerity as first principles and not treating others like one is "better than them" in the sense of being worth more as a life form or something. But I don't know if I agree or not other than I can't really be all "I'm so much cooler than you and generally worth more" to a friend if I'm being a faithful & sincere friend because the two don't work together. -
I'm inclined to agree with woofwoofl. In the general sense no two people are truly equal, or all people are equal depending on the perspective. People aren't equal in the sense that any two persons have many differences to the point of them being incomparable. People are all equal in the sense that they are all human. It's the same as uniqueness. -
That's the only other side, I think. In no way should one act contrary to the great future you have before you. -
I think it means that you should clone yourself and befriend only your clones. That made me crack the hell up. In no way should one act contrary to the great future you have before you. -
That made me crack the hell up. Over here, we'll put up with (almost) all of your crap. You just have to use the secret phrase: "I don't value it. It's related to <insert random element here>, which is not in my quadra." Abbie is so boring and rigid it's awesome instead of boring and rigid. She seems so practical and down-to-the-ground. -
Considering Br'er Confucius's overweening concern with rectitude and moral living, I think he's cautioning against association with unsavory people. The phrase is akin to "Lie down with dogs and wake up with fleas." -You could've been more "powerful" maybe, but you're wiser for learning the hard way too. Your experience probably has it's share of positives, and I think it's preferable than if you had taken heed to this instruction from the getgo. You would have just avoided and judged more people through immature criteria. -No one person is better in value than the other. Inevitably, we're all the same. We tend to perceive life in a bubble though, so it's easy to assume otherwise... it's a disillusion.
Have no friends not equal to U Have no friends not equal to (1) Have 1 friend -
That analogy is annoying beacuse it implies the universe somehow designates value. No one is better than you & you're no better than anyone else; it's all a mind state Meaningless post modern relativism. I agree no one is better than me by any innate sense of the word, but people do have different strengths and weakness that don't necessarily equal out 1=1. To say that's all just a matter opinion is head burying. The mode of goodness conditions one to happiness, passion conditions him to the fruits of action, and ignorance to madness. |
