Nine Truths

Live life in perspective.
You are everything.
You are nothing.
Remember:
the universe is still growing.

Have no expectations
for only heartbreak can yield to new love
and even failures can be an enlightening experience.

No one should fear being alone —
neither should anyone be happy with too many friends.
Both are reactions against a universe
which has no concept of pain or love.

Live life as if you could change the world,
always think independently
and never entirely accept anything as truth.

It is a fallacy to think that you can increase
your awareness of the universe
and still be able to find your place in it.

Rules are written and enforced by people
born without common sense or compassion.

Fortunate are they who cannot see order in the world
or other such comforting delusions.

You can live on the streets
or in the system — either way
you remain a cog in the machine
that is the universe.

There is no method
more straight-forward
than madness.