“There’s a common misconception that work is necessary. You will meet people working at miserable jobs. They tell you they are “making a living”. No, they’re not. They’re dying, frittering away their fast-extinguishing lives doing things which are, at best, meaningless and, at worst, harmful.” LifeInspirationalWork Author:Adrian Tan
“You might be looking forward to working, falling in love, marrying, raising a family. You are told that you should expect to find a job paying so much, where your hours are so much, where your responsibilities are so much. That is what is expected of you. And if you live up to it, it will be an awful waste. If you expect that, you will be limiting yourself.” LifeInspiration Author:Adrian Tan
“So here you are, in your twenties, thinking that you'll have another 40 years to go. Four decades in which to live long and prosper.Bad news. Read the papers. There are people dropping dead when they're 50, 40, 30 years old. Or quite possibly just after finishing their convocation. They would be very disappointed that they didn't meet their life expectancy.I'm here to tell you this. Forget about your life expectancy.” PeopleThinkingYearsLongWould BeForgetFourPaperNewsTwentiesDecadesDisappointedPapersDroppingFinishingBad NewsExpectancyLife ExpectancyConvocation Author:Adrian Tan
“Don't expect anything. Erase all life expectancies. Just live.” EraseJust LiveExpectancyLife Expectancy Author:Adrian Tan
“Find that pursuit that will energize you, consume you, become an obsession. Each day, you must rise with a restless enthusiasm. If you don't, you are working.” IfsPursuitObsessionEnthusiasmEach DayRestless Author:Adrian Tan
“Loving someone has great benefits. There is admiration, learning, attraction and something which, for the want of a better word, we call happiness. In loving someone, we become inspired to better ourselves in every way. We learn the true worthlessness of material things. We celebrate being human. Loving is good for the soul... You will also find that it is no great tragedy if your love is not reciprocated. You are not doing it to be loved back. Its value is to inspire you.” IfsWayWantHumansSoulValuesLove IsInspireMaterialsBenefitsTragedyInspiredAttractionCelebrateAdmirationBeing HumanLoving SomeoneMaterial ThingsWorthlessnessGreat Tragedy Author:Adrian Tan
“Don't work. Avoid telling the truth. Be hated. Love someone. You're going to have a busy life. Thank goodness there's no life expectancy.” Truth IsGoodnessBusyHatedTelling The TruthLove SomeoneBusy LifeExpectancyLife ExpectancyHated Love Author:Adrian Tan
“It far easier to find a reason not to love someone, than otherwise. Rejection requires only one reason. Love requires complete acceptance.” ReasonAcceptanceEasierRejectionLove Someone Author:Adrian Tan
“You will find, that when you have someone to love, that the face is less important than the brain, and the body is less important than the heart.” HeartImportantBodyFacesBrain Author:Adrian Tan
“Be hated. One does not have to be evil to be hated. In fact, it’s often the case that one is hated precisely because one is trying to do right by one’s own convictions. It is far too easy to be liked, one merely has to be accommodating and hold no strong convictions. Then one will gravitate towards the centre and settle into the average. That cannot be your role. There are a great many bad people in the world, and if you are not offending them, you must be bad yourself.” PeopleIfsWorldTryingDoeFactsEvilStrongEasyRolesCasesAverageConvictionHatedSettlingCentreBad PeopleOffending Author:Adrian Tan
“Do not waste the vast majority of your life doing something you hate so that you can spend the small remainder sliver of your life in modest comfort. You may never reach that end anyway. Resist the temptation to get a job. Instead, play. Find something you enjoy doing. Do it. Over and over again. You will become good at it for two reasons: you like it, and you do it often. Soon, that will have value in itself.” MayTwoEndsReasonPlayJobsValuesHateEnjoyComfortWasteMajorityTemptationModestYou Like It Author:Adrian Tan
“Life is complicated. It wtarts before we're ready, it continues while we're still trying to figure out the point of it. And it ends long before we've worked out just what to do.” TryingLongStillsEndsLife IsFiguresReadyComplicatedLife Is Complicated Author:Adrian Tan
“Finally, you will find that there is no half-measure when it comes to loving someone. You either don’t, or you do with every cell in your body, completely and utterly, without reservation or apology. It consumes you, and you are reborn, all the better for it.” BodyHalfYour BodyCellsApologyLoving SomeoneRebornReservationsHalf Measures Author:Adrian Tan
“It is far too easy to be liked, one merely has to be accommodating and hold no strong convictions.” StrongEasyConviction Author:Adrian Tan
