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Tip: Main > Philosophy > Truth : Don't be afraid of the midday shadow. Truth is like that. You know it's there, you just can't quite see it, and when you do, it isn't quite midday.

Tip: Main > Philosophy > Thinking : Don't think on an empty stomach. Surely you can think about something more important than that!

Tip: Main > Philosophy > Thinking : If you feel the urge to become a thinker - think again.

Tip: Main > Philosophy > Truth : When confronted with a truth, run like hell. It's an honest response. Soon enough you'll stop and it'll still be there in front of you.

Tip: Main > Philosophy > Thinking : When doing philosophy try not to think too much about doing philosophy. Leave room for actual thinking.

Tip: Main > Living > Grooming : Tip: Get over yourself.

Tip: Main > Sex : If you live in Queenstown, Tasmania, skip this section.

Tip: Main > Living > Relationships > Making friends : Friends are thieves of time. Would you give a thief your wallet just because he asked for it?

Tip: Main > Living > Relationships > Making friends : If you're the sort of person who easily attracts friends, consider changing your personality, because it sucks.

Tip: Main > Living > Relationships > Family : Avoid them unless you need money, then, pretend you care.

Tip: Main > Living > Annoyances > Tele-marketing and surveys : Answer the phone but remain perfectly silent for 30 seconds.

Tip: Main > Living > Annoyances > Jehovah's witnesses : Answer the door naked.

Tip: Main > Philosophy : Remember that philosophy is not simply something you do but something you are.

Tip: Main > Philosophy : Philosophers don't philosophise. They make a choice to live or die.

Tip: Main > Philosophy : If you have to ask what it takes to do philosophy, you don't have what it takes to do philosophy.

Tip: Main > Philosophy : Remember that philosophers are not born, they are made - at birth.

Tip: Main > Philosophy : No philosopher ever got away with merely being intelligent. You have to be immoral first and foremost. All the great thinkers were thoroughly sordid.

Tip: Main > Philosophy : As a philosopher you should guard against emotions getting the better of you; especially the emotion of letting emotion get the better of you.....

Tip: Main > Gardening : Always hire some working class person to do your gardening. The last thing any self-respecting person would want is for the neighbours to spy you doing something like gardening.

Tip: Main > Living > Annoyances > Noise : Neighbour's Loud Televisions: Save money by boring a hole in the wall and watching theirs. First purchase a reliable universal remote control.

Tip: Main > Living > Relationships > Family : As the saying goes, one can choose one's friends but not one's family, so make the best of it. Alternatively, if they are troublesome, you can always have nothing to do with them.

Tip: Main > Living > Relationships > Divorce : Divorce should be the first thing one considers when entering into any serious relationship. As with most areas of life, there is no sense in delaying the inevitable.

Tip: Main > Living > Annoyances : Tip: when posting tips at this site, use the "preview" feature first.

Tip: Main > Living > Annoyances : Murderous Dictators: Murderous dictators are a common annoyance. The best way to get rid of them is to contact the CIA and argue that they have outlived their usefulness.

Tip: Main > Travel > Women : Best tip: see "epidemic" section.