Operational Philosophy

When you're thinking, just think. When you're feeling, just feel. Don't let feelings get in the way of thoughts, and don't let thoughts get in the way of feelings. The transition between thinking and feeling should be as smooth and effortless as possible.

The only risk worth taking is the one that lies right in front of you. Creating artificial risks is a sign of boredom, which is in turn a sign that you're not really living.

Identify the freedom that exists within the mind: hold onto it, expand it and stay safely in it. Remember: loss of freedom is asphyxiation.

To survive is to have hope.

Hell is eternal hopelessness. What's just as terrifying as hell is a state of apparent hopelessness.

When you lose hope, then you lose everything. In the state of hopelessness, a tiny push can send you into oblivion. If, God forbid, you do not have the ability to create hope out of hopelessness, then you can only pray someone is there to get you out. When you DO manage to find hope, then hold on to it with your dear life, because that may well be the only thing you have going. Creating (or finding) hope out of hopelessness is the most powerful method of survival, and it is worth giving your life to perfecting it.

For every emotion I am currently feeling, if there is a clear explanation for it, and if there is an action plan, then I'm happy.

Whatever you do or say, don't do it because you think it's right; do it because you fucking mean it.

As long as you do not assume any malice in my intent, I am happy to be with you.

Try to accept everything without prejudice. If you can't, then try harder. If you still can't, then try even harder. If you still fucking can't, then try even fucking harder. If you still... oh shit I'm dead.

When you are confronted with a problem, focus on the difficulty of the solution rather than the bigness of the problem. Sometimes you'll be amazed by how deceptively simple the solution is compared to the problem.

Every shitty thing people do to me is a valuable lesson in what I should not do to other people. So every time you do something shitty to me, you are basically gifting me with an opportunity to become better than you.

Use ideology only as a tool for guiding best practice, not as a yardstick for judgment.

Men should be men. And women should be women. But more importantly than both: we should all strive to be human. Cherishing life - that's what all of us must do.

Don't hold onto power, glory or money. Why hold onto things that could be gone any moment? Do hold onto things that are infallible and timeless: integrity, the will to live, and the will to love.

No my friend. They haven't rejected you. They're just chicken shit to accept you.

In telling the truth, there is an unspoken responsibility of being sensitive to how much truth the other person can handle. One can only handle as much truth as one is comfortable to digest, plus maybe a little more.

Assume the best in people and things. Don't be afraid of disappointment. Don't let that fear stop you from trying harder. Don't let that fear stop you from knowing someone better.

Having a genuine sense of humour is basically having the courage to admit that your whole life could turn out to be a joke.

It feels painful because it's harder. And it's harder because it's better.

Whether you feel anxious, depressed, angry or scared.... At the end of the day it's just pain. You'll get over it.

Sometimes all it takes is somebody who has more faith in you than you have in yourself.

There's nothing more thrilling and satisfying than being able to honestly express myself in the face of adversity.