“Philosophic questions are attempts to understand the root nature of reality, existence, and knowledge.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Human beings experience sadness because they want what is beyond human ability – absolute control and an immortal life.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Living an engaged and contemplative existence allows a person to glean the quintessential experience of living mindfully.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Grand failures – the misfortunes of living – provide human beings with an identity. A person is the sum of his or… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“A person achieves enlightenment only through a purposeful engagement with life and by resolutely searching for truth and shedding artifices.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Every act of art is a good faith attempt to arrest time – the motion of life – and make contact with… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Death does not mark the end of a chapter in a man’s life, but the end of a book of man, the… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Accepting that a person will die and shucking off any aversion to this blunt thought awakens the mind to realize what is… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“The aim of all life is death. Life is the apprenticeship that we serve preparing for death. Life is the fleeting spark… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Engaging in meditative self-reflection and gaining increased control of inner experiences provides a person with a sense of control over fear and… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Every form of life must struggle. Life is an aberration; death is ordinary. Life requires obstruction, conflict, reverses, and resolve. Life requires… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“The pathos of the human life teaches one that idolatry of the ego is a sham. Only by living in harmonious accord… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Life gives us many gifts that we could hardly imagine. When we let go of preconceptions and witness life without the turmoil… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“The supreme artist lives as closely as possible to replicating the perfect dream, with life unfolding in a manner that a person… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Writing the story of their own life allows the author to parse their story into examinable segments while continuing to engage in… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“A person can hurry through or sleep walk through life, but whenever they stop to catch their breath or awaken from a… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Human life is inherently dualistic. It consists of or is explicable as two fundamental entities, including rivalries between subject and object, mind… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Writers use both their blood and their brains to explore the darkest recesses of their pooling self. Writing allows us to harness… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“There are times in life that we ascribe qualities or traits to other people that are inaccurate or fail to recognize other… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Autobiographical writing stands as lasting memorial for enduring the travails of an earthly life. Writing is an apt technique to score our… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Personal struggles, mistakes, and perseverance are part of every person’s life story. A proper mindset can turn failure into a gift. Specific… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Self-education is a lifetime affair. In life, as in science, there are unsuccessful experiments. Difficult personal and professional experiences are not for… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“The greatest challenge in life is to be our own person and accept that being different is a blessing and not a… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Existential anguish derives from the human freedom to think and act, experience love for life, and fear death. We must decide whether… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Humankind devotes much of its collective energy to managing personal and institutional anxiety and dealing with unsuccessful efforts of its civilians to… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Language is our identity tool and by using experience, observation, and imagination, we each discover the words that give voice to our… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“An inexhaustible capacity to engage in sin is what makes human beings capable of living a virtuous life. To err is human;… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Life is a collection of memories and feelings. Mawkish sentimentally urges us to engage in artistic overtures, we yearn to share with… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Life is too short for fearmongering and becoming ensnarled in lengthy periods of depression. We must use our time judiciously and never… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“What unites us is our despair. Do other people wish to know that someone else walked this earth with a similar batch… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“As we age, we become more aware of the rarity and exquisiteness of beauty, and come to admire the flowers blooming amongst… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“It is ultimately the ebony of our pain, our blackest monuments, which lead us to seek an enlightened way of living. We… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Life’s most precious moments are not all loud or uproarious. Silence and stillness has its own virtues.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“We can only hope to live a meaningful life by serving as earnest witnesses to life’s tragic beauty.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Meditative thoughts assist people escape a vapid fantasy life and reconnect with ultimate reality.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Growing old is humbling and it takes effort to accomplish this stage of life with dignity.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“A principled life begins by accepting the evident truth that we must die. Death becomes us. Knowledge of the impermanence of our… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“We cannot achieve personal enlightenment – a clarification of our souls – until we cease deluding ourselves. We must accept that life… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“In a moment of unusual clarity, we eliminate suffering by not wishing for a different life. When we affirm every manifold of… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Disharmony at home or work is toxic to a person’s physical disposition and mental health.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“The emotional ingredients that sustain long-term relationships are kindness, thoughtfulness, and compassion.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Personal disillusionment accompanied by self-pity and self-loathing are the Achilles’ heel of modern humankind, representing the weakness of the human spirit.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“We nurture our own being by respecting all people and consciously working to mitigate the pain of the world.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Life is a collection of memories and feelings. Mawkish sentimentally urges us to engage in artistic overtures, we yearn to share with other people… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Time is inexplicable because it moves – clicks away – at steady increments, while increasing the past and bringing the future into the present.… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Each of us, along with our ancestors, inhabits the same cosmos. When we tell stories, we enter the stream of human consciousness; we take… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“A period of darkness is essential in order to expand personal awareness. Experiencing sadness and loss makes a person appreciative of life, more tenderhearted,… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“A person writes similar to how a blind person uses brail. We grope along the palpable corridors of the mind’s organic texture to locate… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“People frequently ask me why I work so hard - prolong hours, infrequent vacations, and never calling in sick or missing work for any… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“The ego is the culmination of our preferences and dislikes. Our ego represents the firm edges of how we perceive ourselves. An ego death… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Witnessing the moonrise each month, a person cannot resist noting a modest sense of optimism tugging at his or her enclosed capsule of bodily… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
