I hope you don't take this criticism too harshly, but I thought I'd provide a response.
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Originally Posted by UHF  There just happens to be ten of them. |
I'd put the estimate closer to 1 or 2.
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Originally Posted by UHF Freedom is the most important thing in life. |
People who have been on the receiving end of my recent spate of posts will know I strongly disagree with this. Freedom is the sanctuary of the eternally transient. It is certainly the most important
means in life, but it is never an end.
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Originally Posted by UHF Never make assumptions. |
Impossible. Better would be "Always find time to discover and question assumptions. Respect others who do as well."
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Originally Posted by UHF Look for something and you'll find it. |
Completely agree. Of course, this is both positive and negative, but it's nevertheless true.
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Originally Posted by UHF You'll end up regretting the things that you don't do, not the things you do.
Complacency is costly. |
I'm not sure how these are different. Elaborate?
The former seems to suggest a truism that I like, "Ask for forgiveness, not permission."
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Originally Posted by UHF Everything is a compromise. |
What did you compromise for that decidedly uncompromising statement?
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Originally Posted by UHF When in doubt, do nothing.
A life without risk is a life not worth living. |
These don't work terribly well together.
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Originally Posted by UHF The difficult things in life are the things worth doing. |
That's not true. There are some things in life that are worth doing and very easy. The caveat is that you'll forget them immediately.
I would rephrase this to: "Challenge yourself."
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Originally Posted by UHF Life is partly what happens to you, but mostly how you react to it. |
Entirely too external for my taste.
Life is not what happens to you, or what happens after something happens to you, but rather, what you do, regardless of what happens to you. It's not reactive so much as proactive.
Life is the capacity to wield power, and power is the capability to cause change. To live is to act, and to act is to transform. Yourself, the world, the future.
I would rephrase it to something that combines the idea of "action" with the idea of "life".
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Originally Posted by UHF There just happens to be ten of them. |
And I said,
I'd put the estimate closer to 1 or 2.
I got the distinct feeling that people would ask me, so I thought I'd answer the question pre-emptively.
1. You Are the Universe.
2. Know Thyself.
Everything else follows.