The Eightfold Path to me seems generally a good way to go about improving oneself but the Four Noble Truths are neither noble, nor true.

1. That life involves suffering is true, but is this a Noble place to begin? What of joy? Love?

2. Suffering is caused by more things in this world than attachment. Physical pain, a form of suffering, happens largely without regard for a person's attachment to a thing, concept or person.

3. The notion that one can rid oneself of suffering, even ignoring the issue of physical pain, is preposterous.

4. As one cannot oneself rid of suffering, the path may lead only to an enlightened state of being, not full-blown nirvana.