'Happiness is the meaning and purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence. - Aristotle  “Don't aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to...|||This isn't really an INFP specific answer, but at root I think happiness comes from the habits you form- from the character you create for yourself. Lots of INFP's are super-emo and usually very...|||I think that's one of the uses of a Republic. It mitigates power and allows leaders to emerge from among the people, yet also gives the people their say. Thus we avoid a complete tyranny of the...|||That's fair- I think there's a Machiavellian streak in politics. People do not always know what is best for them, and if they knew they would not always want it as it would be immoral. And if...|||I didn't care much for politics back in high school. When I moved to community college I became more invested and moved left. Now I've come to a school where I am forced to study political...|||Third rate Mussolini. Hitler was at least eloquent.|||My family is evangelical and I grew up in a Christian classical school. If it were not for this school, I suspect I would have either become an atheist or neo-pagan of some sort. Instead, the school...|||Ill take the knowledge to memorize everything that I wish to have stuck in my brain.|||Try looking at the Enneagram for this stuff. It might have more to say than MBTI could. (My guess is that he's an average/unhealthy type 4)  Edit: The enneagram would basically say that he builds...|||Well, if Jung describes introversion as being directed upon the inner object (I shall use this as the definition of subjective in relation to cog funcs), how can the unconscious be geared towards the...|||I know this is what Jung claims, but I fail to see this in action. What does it mean to store symbols/abstractions that are subjective? Don't we all have subjective symbols? Furthermore, can you, as...|||All introverted functions are subjective. I understand the subjective elements of Si, Ti, and Fi, but Ni still escapes me. Could you, oh INTJ masters, describe to me the mysteries of your subjective...|||I love that movie! I watch it every year on Christmas Eve!  Here's another of my favorites, which is a bit more cryptic:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmcp4XNCWRY  Edit: Here's a review I...|||I had a feeling it would come down to that.  Where is the quote from?|||Can you name a writer who does seem to portray Ti well then?|||Cant I say the same thing about Si in Portrait of an Artist? (Remember, this is his only novel I've read so understand that I have only a limited understanding of Joyce.) I mean, the entire book is...|||Why do you say this?|||An INTP I know, when reading A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man exclaimed that this book perfectly represents his process of thought. It jumps all over the place, from theory to theory, from...|||Van Der Hoop  Ti (NTP)-http://personalitycafe.com/nts-temperament-forum-intellects/5997-introverted-thinking.html  Te (NTJ)-http://personalitycafe.com/articles/28133-extraverted-thinking.html|||Thank you, this is exactly the sort of reply I'm looking for.  I have noticed INFJs tend to be more chivalrous and INFPs. I don't really care about being polite or not, but the INFJs I know insist...|||There is going to be a vocal difference though. Again, if I met and INTP and an INTJ on the street, I will generally be able to tell who is who by how they carry themselves, how approachable they...|||I've seen that guy before, and except for some tips on speedreading, he doesn't really tell me anything I don't already know. Again, I'm looking for some very practical application of type theory...|||It's not necessarily the fact that I don't understand how the INFJ works, it is more so to due with the fact that I still have trouble recognizing the INFJ.  To put this in comparison, if I were to...|||Without getting into much JCF and MBTI theory, can somebody briefly describe how the INFJ differs from the INFP. It seems to me that Fi and Ne in an INFP can create an effect similar to Ni and Fe as...|||I'm teaching a class on MBTI and I'm using differences in Hemingway and Fitzgerald to compare and contrast the SP with the NF. I would like to do the same thing with the SJ and the NT, but I have...|||I thought the INFp in socionics often refers to MBTI INFJs because the first function of the INFJ is a P function.  Also, don't forget to add a Jungian Cognitive Functions as another option next...|||I would like to be an INTJ or an ESTP for a day. The INTJ cause they are just so friggen cool and the ESTP because they have the reverse cog funcs as me as well being extroverted.|||In terms of conflict with others, I generally try to avoid them unless there is no other option. I am generally able to pull off a logical argument without getting emotionally involved- the only time...|||Glad we could help sir!  I had the same response when I first discovered this forum.|||This is fascinating. Thanks for posting. No just clicking the like button will do in this case.|||I'm not necessarily looking for a logical explanation of the situation- instead I want to find if anybody else has these vibes as well.  Thing is, she's getting stuck in an existential crisis where...|||I have an ISTJ friend who gets vibes about the future. She explains these vibes as gut feelings about what will happen in the future. Some examples from our Gmail chats:   We always go to...|||If the INTJs stopped being sarcastic, I would stop lurking on this forum.|||I think when doing the number-crunching part of physics or when studying any sort of language I have to rely on my shadow functions. For some reason my brain just doesn't seem to find either physics...|||I would argue that the process that you have described here is Ne- that is, seeing the possibilities for life. Si is instead seeing what reality is and where it has come from. Instead of being future...|||Gosh, I do this all the time. I've learned that biting your cheek and thus inducing pain helps a little bit.|||Despite not being an INTJ, I can get worn out by ENTPs just as much as they can. You guys are a blast to be around, but sometimes it can just be too much... insanity. Don't get me wrong, I like my...|||I thanked your post!  Isn't that ironic? ;P  (In all seriousness, I agree)|||It all depends on the reason that you are writing the novel, really. I don't approve of over the top, gushy, shallow romance- there has to be some hardship and tribulation with three dimensional...|||darkewe  Could you PM all your online sources of synesthesia that you haven't already posted please? (If you have more, that is) You seem to be filled with articles on the subject.|||NAH NAH NAH NAHNAHNAHNAH NAHNAHNAHNAH HEY JUDE!  ...like a boss...|||Yes! Someone mentioned us!  I actually have learned to enjoy the sensing types allot more- especially the Se dom types. I just enjoy them for who they are and not for who they aren't- namely, they...|||In one word: Fun.|||Honestly, I think you should do both. Allot of stuff is not literal and allot of stuff is- you only look at one of those sides and you are missing half the experience.  As for the Myers-Brigg...|||I enjoy the philosophy behind math, but the number punching itself is not for me.|||Ya, I'm pretty sure I'm perceived that way.  It's probably more because I am kind of snobbish than because I'm an INFP.|||The way I look at it, Gatsby was in love more with an image of an ideal love- an imaginary woman who took the shape of Daisy- than Daisy herself. That's the bit which interests me the most in many...|||Ya, the enneagram probably has more to do with this case than just the Jungian stuff. Do you act emotional at all or do you just wear a thinking mask all the time?  (sorry for spamming here, but...|||Not in my case. I appreciate emotionality in a person, provided it doesn't get in the way of their making the right choice in a situation. In other words, if they are still reasonable people and can...|||Hmm, curious. It seems to me that the more unhealthy an INFP is, the more emotional he would get, though this might have more to do with enneagram rather than MBTI stuff...  Who knows, perhaps when...'