What  is  destiny  if  not  a  road  to 
the  goal... 

A  properly  chosen  goal 
defines  the  destiny... 
The  pet  of  providence? 
No  …  just  a  wanderer, 
walking  towards  it 
on  stars.... 
Gods  help  him, 
fortune  blesses  him, 
obstacles  shatter  in  front  of  him. 
Even  the  most  serpentinous  roads 
turn  out  to  be  the  most  direct  and 
the  ones  right... 
Closed  doors  and  walls, 
coming  his  way  only 
form  a  hall  that  leads 
to  the  exit  of  the  maze, 
save  from  getting  lost 
in  dead  ends... 

Nothing  makes  sense...  Halls  are  endless.  There's  a  dead  end  behind  any  door.  Good  sense  turning  into  laziness,...  suggests  that  one  should  stop  and  die... 

But  stupidity  warmed  by  hope  makes  one  raise  and  crawl  forward  slowly,  to  face  a  better  future  that  slightly  resembles  an  illusion... 

Art by Irina Tsurupina

A man was having a smoke, 
chewed my sandwich.;
he thought there was no spring,
but the fish loves the Ford.
He is in landscape, the band took,
he erased quite a bit
and ray from the sun it fell,
where before there were only clouds...
What, in General,morality?
Morality is not at all,
but if you crawled into a dead end,
learn to fly from flies.

Sometimes  life  leads  us  in  labyrinths  only  to  prove  that: 
the  straight  path  is  shorter  than  any  other. 

Sometimes  society  comes  to  a  standstill 
and  it  should  be  destroyed, 
to  give  way  to  a  new  society, 
that  will  come  to  a  standstill  too, 
and  it  will  have  to  be  destroyed  as  well, 
but  -  it  will  be  an  interesting  in-between  period. 

I've  been  in  a  dead  end  a  thousand  times:  I  come  there,  sit  for  a  while  and  leave  to  look  for  another  dead  end. 

There's  only  one  question  that  bothers  me:  how  to  find  an  exit  from  a  maze  if  there's  not  even  an  entrance... 

He  who  was  born  in  the  maze-  the  maze  resident,  wandering  from  one  dead  end  to  another...  a  thing  of  corridors- 
not  looking  for  an  entrance  or  an  exit...  He  just  lives  here... 

It's  not  awful  if  one  gets  into  a  dead  end,  but  it's  awful  when  one  remains  there... 

The  search  for  perfection  looks  like  a  dead  end,  as  we  never  create  anything,  we  are  just  looking  for  something  which  is  ready  and  probably  it  belongs  to  someone… 

Narrowness  is  sad  there  are  no  prospects  and  nothing  of  the  kind, 
we  want  a  portrayal  of  this  picture  in  some  tridimensional  light. 

Stuffy  catacombs  make  us  sick  we're  tired  of  maze  nooks, 
we  want  a  seeming  freedom  not  hungry  but  full. 

Perfection  is  the  first  sign  of  decadence. 
They've  been  on  the  long  way  to  God  and  here  they  come.  Their  way  is  over  and  there's  no  more  way  to  go.  A  dead  end... 
To  tell  the  truth,  I  don't  need  any  goals  that  I  wouldn't  be  able  to  achieve... 
I  want  a  goal  that  I  would  NEVER  be  able  to  achieve. 
Somewhere  on  my  way  to  this  goal  I'll  die  but  I'll  die  happy  with  a  smile  on  my  lips...  As  my  goal  is  so  special  that  it  will  be  enough  for  many  many  lives... 

May  the  maze  where  I  stroll  in  search  for  an  exit,  be  blessed.  As  my  life  is  a  search  and  while  I  search,  I  still  live... 

A person living in a cage craves freedom, escapes and breaks out. For a while he is insanely happy and happy, but then he realizes that this is not freedom, but only a larger cell. A cell in which there are other cells, including his. Man does not want to accept fate and is looking for a new way out. He performs feats and miracles and makes a new escape - to a higher level. But again is mired in a new cell.

No end to cages. Cell in cell, cell left, right, bottom, side, nested cells. In this maze there are no exits or entrances, it has only transitions. Living in a cage is the fate of all multicellular organisms. He who desires freedom must understand that freedom is an internal concept, not an external one.

One  should  never  borrow  money  to  survive. 
It's  only  safe  to  borrow  to  "grow". 

It's  all  because  growth  demands  extra  energy.  While  it's  only  something  that  can  exist  on  its  own  that  should  live.  Life  should  be  stable  and  all-sufficient.  If  this  life  is  unable  to  survive  without  someone's  help  and  demands  extra  energy  just  to  exist,  then  this  life  needs  its  inner  mechanism  to  be  seriously  reconsidered  and  modernized  because  it's  no  longer  a  life  but  the  state  of  being  blocked. 

The  conclusion:  it's  rational  to  borrow  money  for  education,  building,  starting  or  developing  business,  creating  something  new  or  generally  something  that  makes  a  person  better,  stronger  and  wiser.  Hence,  something  that  promises  "growth". 
It's  irrational  to  borrow  money  for  the  goals  that  don't  bring  any  growth  but  are  only  meant  for  survival.  Something  not  really  necessary  or  useful  is  not  needed  indeed.  And  since  warm  comfort  makes  one  weaker,  than  borrowing  money  for  buying  articles  of  luxury  or  comfort  is  a  double  sin. 

The  meaning  of  it  all  is  that  when  a  person  achieves  personal  growth,  a  huge  stream  of  new  energy  will  give  this  person  power  to  wipe  off  a  debt.  But  if  a  person  wastes  borrowed  money  on  something  of  no  value  than  this  person  won't  get  extra  energy  to  settle  up  debts.  And  this  person  will  have  to  settle  up  debts  by  using  money  from  the  main  income  that  will  only  cut  the  monthly  budget.  Plus  there  will  be  a  chain  reaction  of  one  debt  resulting  into  another  and  this  will  make  this  person  be  in  deep  debt. 

However,  there  is  one  exception  in  it  all  called  an  isolated  situation.  There  may  be  a  person  who  who  works  hard  and  does  this  work  well  but  at  the  same  time  feels  that  gets  really  exhausted  by  it.  So,  this  person  needs  some  extra  source  of  energy  to  keep  on  working  effectively  and  get  this  job  done.  And  this  energy  may  be  given  by  things  that  possess  beauty,  perfection  and  uniqueness  or  use...  Thus,  it's  not  a  sin  to  borrow  money  to  get  things  of  this  kind.  But  it's  necessary  to  be  rational  and  know  when  enough  is  enough.  But  still,  it's  better  not  to  buy  things  for  borrowed  money  but  for  the  honestly  earned  money. 

Fear  turns  people  into  slaves,  but  without  fear  they  turn  into  vicious  pigs.  Fear  kept  in  chains  not  only  the  person,  but  also  all  his  numerous  vices. 

Powerlessness  generated  fear.  We  gave  them  power,  powerlessness  disappeared  along  with  fear.  And  vanity  and  greed,  specific  to  everyone,  remained.  Without  the  fear`s  supervision,  vanity  grew  into  the  pridefulness  monster  and  everyone  is  in  danger  now.

We  were  wrong.  We  should  have  taught  them  philosophy  before  giving  power.  We  should  have  additionally  chained  sins  up  by  the  ethics  and  morale  chains.

I  recalled  a  magnet.  Opposites  attract.  Stupidity  looks  for  wits,  weakness  looks  for  strength.  It's  already  known.  But  what  is  to  be  done?  It's  not  nice  to  think  badly  of  yourself  or  your  significant  other.  The  main  way  out  is  to  divide  responsibilities.  As  one  may  be  good  at  doing  one  thing  and  bad  at  something  else  while  the  other  one  may  be  the  opposite  of  the  first  person.  When  we  say  that  someone  weak  looks  for  someone  strong,  we  may  talk  about  different  kinds  of  strength  and  weakness. 
Because  when  a  weak  one  chooses  someone  strong,  it's  clear  that  this  weak  person  gets  the  strength  from  the  strong  one.  But  what  does  the  strong  one  get  in  exchange?  And  if  the  strong  one  agrees  to  protect  this  weak  person,  hence  it's  only  because  the  weak  one  has  something  valuable  to  give  back. 

The   greatest   key   to   success   is   resignation.   Resignation   is   stoutness.   Resignation   kills   fear.   Fear   is   a   brake,   fear   stops   movement   and   it   stops   growth.   A   humble   attitude   towards   problems,   dead   ends   and   worries   helps   you   walk   by   them   without   stopping.   You   have   a   goal,   you   walk   humbly   towards   this   goal   and   nothing   can   stop   you.

Resignation   kills   fear.   When   in   a   dead   end,   you   resignedly   walk   through   the   wall.   Some   die   there,   paralyzed   with   fear.

All   systems   are   the   same.   If   you   come   to   a   deadlock   in   one   thing,   observe   attentively   something   else   –   something   that   you   know   well   or,   on   the   contrary,   something   new.   Having   taken   a   hard   look   at   B,   you   will   see   A.

There would be no happiness, Yes the misfortune has helped…
He sat in a dead end, but the dead end was not his...
The impasse was broken, it was shaken,
kicked out... now happy...

Creative deadlock is when a person either from fear, or from stupidity has developed to a point.

Here  time  stands  still  in  stone  and  the  clock  stopped  ticking.  Illusion  of  eternal  life  and  of  eternal  youth.  I  heard  these  people  found  eternal  youth  and  now  statues  dies  in  their  stead…

Stalled?  Don't stop, go the other way, but don't change the target.

If you have reached an impasse, step back and, looking at the situation from the side, give up too much, do it differently.  If you interfere with Slippers and dance barefoot. 

Details are always difficulties, if the difficulties stopped working and led to dead ends...  simplify.  Simplicity is perfect, take away the excess...  Anything that interferes too much.  Anything that slows down is unnecessary. 

There's  no  exit  to  unthread  a  maze  of  life.  Wherever  you  may  go,  you  will  only  find  an  entrance. 

When you come to a dead end, be like water. Look for cracks, workarounds, overflow, but do not stand and do not turn into a swamp.

No dead end. Energy sources exist at any level. Horizontal growth is available everywhere and is cheaper than vertical.

Not every obstacle needs to be overcome ...not everyone. Much better to get around or leave alone.

The only way out of the labyrinth of life is death.

The only chance for the mouse to get out of the maze is to gnaw a hole in the outer (!) wall.

A  maze  means  freedom.  Unfreedom  is  the  state  of  being  locked  within  four  walls. 

Evolution   is   not   only   one   straight   branch.   This   is   a   kind   of   bush   with   lateral,   parallel   and   dead-end   branches.   These   branches   fight   for   their   place   under   the   sun,   the   weak   ones   die   out,   the   strong   ones   go   to   a   dead   end   and   only   the   golden   mean   grows   higher   and   higher.

If  you  came  to  a  dead-lock,  step  back  and  start  to  strike.

The harmony of a triangle is such that a perfect triangle is a circle.
A squirrel only seems, that she runs round in wheel, on fact, this triangle, and subjectively it seems, that she runs round directly and unless in dead ends.

The impasse you're in is a result of dichotomous black-and-white thinking, you don't see the details at all...  The wall in front of you is full of holes...

The path of Tao is waist-deep in water, on a narrow strip of salt.  On the sides of the cliff goes into the underwater abyss, but you will not drown, the water is very salty, there is nothing to fear. 

In the labyrinth of life, roads are paths of salt in a salt lake.  Your impenetrable walls are deep water you can't drown in.

From a distance, the road seems to run into a dead end.

A man who finds himself at a dead end is a coward. 
"What is courage?" 
"Courage is to go on and on.  To go to the iron wind at the closed doors, on blank walls, in the bottomless abyss.  Courage is humility with fear.

What is dead end? 
- Wall of doubt.

The man in the impasse lies and cries.  Afraid of the real world, he built a blind fence around himself and now the prison became his home.

A dot is a person who has reached a dead end.  He built impenetrable walls around himself and died in spirit.  The spirit cannot live without movement.

Of   course,   it   is   necessary   to   have   faith.   Faith   is   what   makes   our   world   firm   and   even   allows   us   to   walk   on   water.   On   the   contrary,   you   should   not   have   faith   in   order   to   fly,   to   silt   through   a   crack   or,   when   in   a   dead   end,   go   through   a   wall.   Rationality   is   the   ability   to   have   faith   and   not   to   have   faith   at   the   same   time,   thus   smoothly   managing   reality.

The short path to success is the one that is long.  The path, which is short, is running in a circle, that is, a dead end.

A dead end is a dam beyond which, if you do not despair, you can accumulate enormous power.

Paranoid is a person with no alternative type of thinking.  When such a person comes to a dead end, he panics and dies of fear.

Fear is associated with the lack of alternative thinking.  Really, it's scary when you're at a dead end and death is the only thing waiting for you now.

True love is not afraid of obstacles, stones and dead ends, but false love is very timid.

Do not know what to do and how to live?  I came to a standstill and now like a squirrel fixated running in the wheel?  And you drop your pride and ask for help.  Who asks, to give.  A psychologist is a person who frees squirrels from the bondage of the wheel.