Kabla ya kuja kwa mfumo rasmi wa elimu, yaani hii elimu ya darasani, elimu ilikuwa ikitolewa kwa mtu kufanya kazi chini ya mbobezi kwenye kile anachotaka kujifunza. Kuba baadhi ya taaluma mpaka sasa zipo hivyo. Mfano ulipotaka kuwa fundi, basi ulifanya kazi chini ya fundi, ambaye tayari ana ujuzi mkubwa. (more…)
Things that can be done at any time are often done at no time. Kitu kinachoweza kifanyika muda wowote, huwa hakipati muda wa kufanywa. Kitu kinachoweza kifanywa na mtu yeyote, huwa hakipati mtu wa kukifanya. Kitu kinachoweza kufanyika eneo lolote, huwa hakipati eneo la kufanyiwa. Hivi ni vitu vitatu muhimu (more…)
Ni mapacha unaopaswa kuwa nao kama unataka kufanikiwa kwenye jambo lolote unalofanya kwenye maisha yako. Hii ni kwa sababu mafanikio siyo rahisi, yanahitaji kazi sana na pia hayaji haraka, yanahitaji muda mrefu kujijenga. Hii ni kanuni ya asili, ambayo inafanya kazi mara zote, na ukitaka kuthibitisha hilo, angalia wanyama na (more…)
“Ever since the world began, men have been subject to various tricks of Fortune, and it will ever be thus until the end.” – Giovanni Boccaccio Tangu kuanza kwa ulimwengu, binadamu wamekuwa wanapitia changamoto na majanga mbalimbali yanayotokana na asili. Na hivyo ndivyo itakavyokuwa kila siku ya maisha ya mwanadamu (more…)
Kila mtu anajua vitu gani sahihi kwa wengine kufanya, ila hakuna anayejua anachopaswa kufanya yeye. Hivyo ni rahisi kushauri na hata kukosoa wengine, kuliko kujijengea nidhamu ya kufanya kile unachopaswa kufanya. Leo ni muhimu kujikumbusha yapi majukumu yetu na yapi siyo majukumu yetu. Jukumu lako ni kufanya kile kilicho sahihi, (more…)
“Seek to learn constantly while you live; do not wait in the faith that old age by itself will bring wisdom.” —SOLON Unakula chakula kila siku, Hukubali siku ipite hujaulisha mwili wako, Na kwa siku ambayo huna namna ya kulata chakula, utapambana kwa kila namna kuhakikisha unakipata. Hukuna siku umewahi (more…)
Tuna kasumba kama binadamu ya kupenda kubadili vitu pale vinapokuwa vinafanya kazi vizuri na kung’ang’ana navyo pale vinapokuwa havifanyi kazi. Ni kitu kisichokuwa na manufaa kabisa, lakini huwa tunahangaika sana kukifanya. Na ni kwa kuwa huwa tunapata uchoshi (boredom) pale tunaporudia kufanya kitu kile kile kila siku. Chukua mfano umeanzisha (more…)
“The rivers and seas are the masters of the valleys across which they flow. This is because they are lower than the valleys. In the same way, a person who wants to be higher than other people should be lower than they; if he wants to guide people, he should (more…)
Hakuna yeyote mwenye uhakika ya kwamba kesho inakuwaje. Hata watabiri ambao wamekuwa wanapatia mara nyingi, bado anachotabiri leo kuhusu kesho hakina uhakika wa asilimia 100. Kuna vingi huenda vimetabiriwa huko nyuma na vikatokea, lakini kuhusu kesho, hakuna mwenye uhakika. Lakini pia hata pale mambo tunayotabiri yatatokea yanapotokea, madhara yake huwa (more…)
“The happiness or unhappiness of a man does not depend upon the amount of property or gold he owns. Happiness or misery is in one’s soul. A wise man feels at home in every country. The whole universe is the home of a noble soul.” —DEMOCRITUS Furaha haitokani na mali (more…)