Roosevelt Pendill: Pursuing profit, status, and monetary gain.
Lauri Ohl: I am attracted to outer beauty. Very rarely do I find inner beauty in girls because they are so full of outer beauty.
Catheryn Barringer: You (and a lot of other people) misquote the verse which can be found by going to 1 Tim. 6:10 in a Bible. It says: "For the LOVE of money is a root of all KINDS of evil."Those extra words make a difference....Show more
Luana Carothers: OK Le'me first answer the q above. Smartness to me is making mistakes and turning it for u and not against u. What, what? So it was a super asset to me when I went to metros coz kidos out there thot they could outsmart me but they got my thumbs down. To those who think that ignorance is not a bliss, I think for me to remain aware but act ignorant really worked blissful for me with the over smarties. Like they talked about and did things and when they came told me I heard it all, to my horror of horrors and they ha! d a good laugh seeing the expression on my face calling me names like angel, and simpleton etc.. which I secretly enjoyed and then when their secret gets bombed and when they run to me for help I take a deep breath and tell them its better to be an angel than smarties like u, and I give a flying kiss!! That's what I call being real smart. What say u? So my smartness was and is an asset and I work it carefully to my advantage....Show more
Jen Maday: Wishing that one were not so smart implies one thinks one is too smart... one who thinks one is too smart, in my opinion, displays lack of smartness... a really smart person should neither be displeased for lack of smartness nor be regretting any excess smartness...... it is as simple as that... the very definition of true smartness precludes those type of thoughts or ideas. Ignorance is certainly no bliss... it can only be an illusion of bliss for the time being. True bliss lies in truth and knowledge. The less than smart ! people who look so satisfied and alright from a distance, are ! in fact merely making the best out of a temporary advantage, unaware that in due course of time, the lack of smartness would necessarily bear the unbearably damaging and hurtful fruits for sure....Show more
Brittanie Zakutney: I want to live and appreciate my present because usually this is what happensFirst s/he was dying to finish High School, and start College...Then s/he was dying to finish College and start Working...Then s/he was dying to get Married and have Children...And then s/he was dying for his Children to grow and start their job...Then s/he was dying to Retire...Then S/HE DIED!In between all this he forgot something:HE FORGOT TO LIVE!...Show more
Chris Coggins: Troy your so right. The inner beauty is what makes us humans beautiful. Anyone can buy outer beauty but the inner being gives character and a living glow to those who have (beauty) it. Beauty is, not what beauty does.Spartawo...
Jules Ashbach: inner
Kirk Coolbeth: Smartness and ! being good at philosophy isn't the same thing, it just makes it a lot easier to voice your opinion!! *laughs*When I was younger I hated being smarter, but now I embrace it and use it to help my friends, they know I'm clever but not obnoxious with it so they can still act the same...I don't find myself looking down on anyone, and I certainly don't do different things, I'm just an ordinary teenager who just thinks slightly differently, it doesn't mean I have to act the same! Are you seriously telling me that you don't make stupid decisions? God, you must be really really really smart, and really bored, as everyone makes mistakes (even superman, so my mother reminds me constantly). Many afternoons I'm locked out of my house because I've forgotten my keys and I forget everything and I do make stupid decisions, but that's not because I'm dumb, it's because i've got other things on my mind!...Show more
Samara Siewers: Definitely inner.Many people tell me that I could do bet! ter than my girlfriend, because they judge her by her appearance. But I! wouldn't think of it, because all it took was a few days of getting to know her to prove that inner-beauty is worth more. I have never looked back with regret. :-)
Elvin Weichbrodt: Selfishness is the root of most evil.This is an unhealthy desire to attain and keep to ones self these items that are perceived to symbolize extravagance to overcompensate ones perceived socioeconomic status. when we decide our wants are more important than the needs of anyone else. When we hoard resources and strive for a false sense of security through possessions.Remember people money only works when it moves. You can't eat it drink it or breathe it. There are far better materials to shelter and clothe yourself with....Show more
Cole Desher: inner beauty...take a look around...MOST girls are trying to be like other girls...(popstars, actresses) inner beauty speaks for itself.
Coleen Carignan: "nobody can think outside of their own box", but everybody's box is different. Hu! mans are separated by nature purely by the fact that we have the abilities of free will, but humans are animals, which many often forget. We have similar innate patterns of actions and reflexes that is inherit in "nature". So, because humans have these characteristics, we all make mistakes. This occurs frequently enough that many are unaware of these mistakes. The feeling of "happiness" does not come with how much you know, but how much you understand. If you could understand the prime question, "why?" you could understand just about anything, from any perspective. That, in turn, would help you understand the reasoning behind the music, movies, and the people that you have mentioned....Show more
Rayford Speziale: Inner beauty is more important to me, than anything. I have dated some guys that not many people would find a true outer beauty. I was attracted to how they presented themselves and how they treated me. I have been attracted to very handsome men, only ! to talk to them and realize that all they had going for them was a "pre! tty face". I get repulsed at a person, that doesn't have a good heart, soul or sense of humor. Respect for themselves and others also plays a big part....Show more
Isreal Kochheiser: Really enjoying life to the fullest for the gift that it is.Accomplishing most of my personal goals would impact that one to great depths.
Wilburn Denice: Nah the better truism is EVIL IS THE ROOT OF ALL MONEY!But the others do make a good point that people can still be pretty evil on the barter system (but not so much on the honor system, it just encourages dikish behaviour).
Woodrow Neyman: As they say ignorance is bliss. I used to be highly intelligent when I was young. Really young. About all of 4-6th grade And regardless of how smart I was, society(when I began to get into middle school) made me question how happy my intelligence made me. So I changed my self 100%, got into the wrong crowds, became more violent, did drugs on a daily basis, for 4 years straight And was on ! a downward spiral. I was sick, pale ,tired, weak and everything you can imagine. And suddenly I realized, although it sounds naive, I found that just as much as my intelligence made me unhappy, It would also save my life. Im back as close to, the person that I used to be, and my life’s quest for happiness made me realize that being smart never seems to never go away. Im not as smart as I was, but no matter what I still have my head on my shoulders. So what your more analytical, who cares, it usually tends to be those people who make it big, because they are almost never clueless. So enjoy your smart brain, its honestly a gift, never change your self, be a little more “loose†and your friends will honestly love you for who you are, and you’ll still remain the smart cookie you are....Show more
Forest Duttinger: Outer beauty catches the eye, but inner beauty comes with time by knowing that person & it stays as long as that person is alive, even after that person! dies u will always remember their inner beauty. But outer beauty goes ! by time & what stays is whether that person was beautiful in the inside too or not.
Lia Argall: i mean this is not to claim that you are better than others, its just that when you start learning about philosophy it gets harder and harder to have the same interests with most people, its getting harder and harder to enjoy the movies you watch, the songs you listen too, because in a way you are always searching for the beyondness of things, i mean there are times when i have wished that i wasnt this critical, that i could just be like my friends who do stupid things and just regret them later, rather than be this cautious, reasonable being that i man? have you ever felt this way...Show more
Emilie Santmyer: Our brains are hard-wired to respond to outer beauty, but I believe if people are truely beautiful inside then you can see the beauty shine through, and outer beauty becomes unnecessary!For me, a cultured guy with a respect for life and this universe is much mor! e beautiful than 'that guy' that your friends are swooning over as he sweeps the insanely perfected hair from his eyes....Show more
Darrin Hixenbaugh: I don't believe that money is the root of all evil, its the evil that created the money. The creators that brought taxes and interest.The creators that brought the IRS and the Federal Reserve which in fact loans out money at interest. Which in turn creates debt. Well I better shut up.
Cristopher Gavalis: I agree with you totally, Troy, about the initial attraction of outter beauty. If you love someone's flesh but not their mind and soul, it is very hard to find happiness
Brock Anwar: Your quote on money is not accurate. The full quote is "The love of money is the root of all evil."
Kaley Lappas: I agree with you completely. As you age, your looks fade. But your inner beauty will never dissapear.Ever hear that 60's song that goes "If you want to be happy for the rest of you life find yourself an ugly ! wife" ?
Alden Sabio: Logic 101 was the only class in college that! I scored over 100 points in... I loved it. But, so many times people tell me not to think so much or that I think too much or that I over analyze, but that is my nature. Sometimes, I do believe that 'ignorance is bliss' and that it's 'lonely at the top', but I try to also take care and not let one of my strengths overtake me and become then one of my weaknesses, sometimes, I just need to let things be... like the Beatles song... Those lyrics help me sometimes. Yes, it is hard to watch people harm themselves because they don't think things through. I feel that way about drugs... Drugs... Why would anyone start? If you try it and like it, you're basically screwed because now you will probably do it again and most likely become addicted risking losing loved ones, job, life etc... If you try it and don't like it, then what a waste of time and you are just back where you started, so why did you even bother? So, either you try drugs and like it, in that case, high risk for! problems, or you try it and don't like it... so just stay away from them for pete's sake! I'm with you and totally hear you!...Show more
Bell Pasco: Definately... I dont mean this in an offensive way but I often find myself looking down upon my peers. They sit there doing/saying stupid stuff and it withdrawls all hope I have for society. The worst part is, as a high-school student, all my peers are listening to Soulja Boy who flows about super-soaking a hoe and it seems as if they were all in a trance. My question is should all hope for the future of society be lost? Back to it, I do once in awhile wish I could just give it up and let loose... cut the strings and live life and have fun like they are doing even if they are stupid =)...Show more
Donald Caravalho: Or would you think it would be more accurate to say that "Humanity is the root of all evil"? Not to mean that we are completely evil but to mean that we are the source from which it originates and that! money is just paper and has no more evil than the chair youre sitting ! on.
Kenneth Thuesen: Angel: Chimps? Leave Mr Bush outta this ;)
Houston Venezia: I have seen this scripture misquoted so many times it really is almost funny.It is the LOVE of MONEY that is the root of all evil, not money it self.U can be poor & love money more than ur own family, u can go out & kill dozens of people because u want their money.Money as u said is only paper, I will go one more, money is coins too, but what would it be worth to u to gain the whole world & lose ur soul?The love of money blinds justice, it ends friendships, it causes people to act like savages, but most of all it leaves love out in the cold....Show more
Heidy Fujikake: I agree. A beautiful woman can all of a sudden loose her attractiveness if she's ugly on the inside.
Ramona Pago: Simply speaking. Obviously bloody physical money is not the root of all evil.Even saying that greed is the root of all evil is flawed in my opinion. Besides, what is evil is different to every! one.
Catheryn Small: what do i want to accomplish?I want to build my idea of the perfect houseI want that house to be right next to my parents (not gonna happen, cuz my fiance doesnt wanna live up here)i want to have 4 kids... around the time i'm 35. 2 girls and 2 boys hopefulyi want to homeschool my kids and teach them as much as i cani want to keep going to school until i have kids (about another 15 years) and learn as much as possible to teach them (not gonna happen... wife)i want to get into falconry when i settle down (again not gonna happen because my wife doesn't like me spending time doing things she isn't interested in)I want to learn to blacksmith (my happen, but i doubt it cuz my wife isnt interested in it)I want to get into mixed martial arts... which i've wanted to do since i was 4 (but i probably won't be able to for the same reason)I want to open my own home business when i settle down, that way i'll always be enar my kids and i'll be doing something th! at i enjoyI want to do at least one thing that has a big positive impac! t on the world. I have an idea on a website/program that might do it but we'll see if i do it and if it works.I want to learn to draw and paint.I want to go skydiving at least once.I want to see the worldI want to have a farm when i settle downi want to have a machining/wleding/woodworking/auto shop when i settle downI want to build all the cabinetry in my house (that ones easy for me)I want to cook most of my own mealsI want to be frugali want my kids to live close to me when they settle downi want to live to an old age and have a chance to say goodbye to everyone i love before i die...Show more
Gilberto Cratin: Continue being curious and discover more of what mysteries and goodies the world and Universe have to offer. To help others in more disadvantaged position as best as i am able to.in a physical, intellectual or spiritual manner. :-))
Romeo Tinnea: Money can be used for great good. It is when greed consumes you when it becomes dangerous. As everyone say! s; it is the LOVE of money that can become evil....We not evil in itself, we can be consumed by emotions and therefore classed as evil... But what is evil though??I doubt that it is an emotion more powerful than love and hope...I also doubt that 'we' are 'evil'. What do you class as evil anyway?? Murder?? Chimps and certain other types of ape and monkey have been known to organise and carry out murder....So, what is evil??...Show more
Dorethea Beaston: Money is just part of our system, so we can have value and worth, so we can have rich and poor.Money isn't the problemGreed is the root of evil.Even without money we would have greed.But yes Humanity is the root of all evil would be more accurate....Show more
Abby Herwood: No, I wish I can be smarter. It is ok, you do not follow the crowd. The wise sayings of the Buddha : Fools of little wit go about, being themselves their own worst enemies. They do evil which will bear for them bitter fruits. 'It's sweet like h! oney,' so the fool thinks, as long as his evil has not ripened. But wh! en it ripens, the fool comes to grief. Have no fellowship with the fool. Follow not his ways. If you can't find a wise companion, it's better to fare alone, doing no evil, carefree, like an elephant in the forest. We are all on different stages of progress like at steps of escalator. Some are ahead of us while some are below us. It is perfectly alright....Show more
Willis Liburd: depends on how you use it.
Elvin Mannheimer: LIving in happiness, while doing things for others.
Rosann Mccomb: I mean what do you want to accomplish
Zulema Baccam: Get published, again, marry, have children, raise them, retire,
Carmina Stickney: i like the outer, i'll get to know the inner, which is what i fall for. then again, its hard to find a good balance of the two.
Robin Weelborg: No. I like knowing things, and being smart. Being smart makes it so I don't have to do as much work. Knowing things is helpful for conversation, as you can share information r! egarding all sorts of topics. Sometimes you encounter things which aren't realistic, or bad/illogical in some other way, but I don't blame myself, I blame the creators of it!I still have fun, hang out with people, socialize, etc. I don't find that knowledge has impeded my life at all. I think the statement "ignorance is bliss" is very interesting (and philosophical), but is generally completely untrue....Show more
Vern Serratos: Being myself and doing what I want to do, Living for the enjoyment of knowledge, love and peace. To live any other way to me would be such a waste.
Madie Strople: Money is a medium of exchange.Real money is e.g. gold. Fiat currency, unbacked by something of value for which you can exchange it, is something practiced by the Federal Reserve, which is neither Federal nor a reserve, but a consortium of private banks. This stewardship presents a conflict of interest, in which e.g. since 2000 the U.S. dollar, a fiat currency, has lost about ! 40% of its purchasing power, as the Fed has placed hundreds of billions! of dollars into circulation, with no particular tie to productivity. This has kept the stock market artificially high, and profited the banks, who earn interest on the money they create, by loaning it to others.Further, the banks lobbied the U.S. Congress in the early 2000s period, when accounting transparency laws were being written in response to e.g. Enron accounting coverups, to exempt banks from such accounting. Why, if nothing to cover up? Since then, SIV ("structured investment vehicles") and other such instruments have been developed, of which the subprime loan debacle is but a fraction of the worthless paper written, and then resold to other banks around the world, as supposedly profitable.This debacle in turn has caused a major lessening of interbank lending, which is slowing the economy downstream. Many major banks have taken tremendous losses, e.g. Citibank, one of the largest banks in the world.So, while the mediums of exchange are not the problem, avarice! , as noted in John Perkins' "economic hitman" books, is a major problem.A classic book on the Fed is "The Creature from Jekyll Island," G. Edward Griffin. A more modern book is Andre Eggelletion's "Thieves in the Temple" http://www.talktoandre.com Another good source of information and insight is http://www.solari.com A third is http://www.goldline.com...Show more
Thomas Riner: If I had the smarts, I wouldn't regret them.Being intelligent exposes to you parts of life which others do not perceive. Sometimes that results in pain, and sometimes in joy. But pain is part of the journey.If you find yourself becoming too critical of others or drifting too far into the abstract, it is probably because you don't have an outlet to express your own gifts. You do not need the things your friends need just bc they say you need them.A lot of times the people you are criticizing are probably not as dumb as they act, but they are programmed to fit in. We all want to fit in, b! ut don't sacrifice your gift for acceptance.Find something you love or ! that you think you might be interested in and direct your smarts toward that. Try to find something with a community of other smart folks that like that thing. Go at it wholeheartedly....Show more
Azalee Ahrendes: Happiness; being happy. Oh, and by the way .... accomplished and all is steady ahead.
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