Kuna mambo huwa yanaweza kutokea, yanatufanya tujiulize kama kweli dunia ina huruma au inatujali sisi ambao tupo hapa duniani. Mambo hayo wakati mwingine yanatufanya kama kuna Mungu au nguvu kubwa inayoangalia mambo yanavyokwenda duniani na kwa nini iruhusu baadhi ya mambo kutokea, ambayo yanaonekana kabisa ni ya mateso kwa wasiostahili. (more…)
“This can be swiftly taught in very few words: virtue is the only good; there is no certain good without virtue; and virtue resides in our nobler part, which is the rational one. And what can this virtue be? True and steadfast judgment. For from this will arise every mental (more…)
Mtu mmoja amewahi kunukuliwa akisema kama una jukumu muhimu ambalo unataka lifanyike, basi tafuta mtu aliyetingwa (aliye bize) na mpe jukumu hiyo afanye. Ukimpa mtu aliyetingwa jukumu analitekeleza kwa haraka, ukimpa mtu ambaye hajatingwa, ambaye ana muda mwingi, jukumu hilo litachelewa kutekelezwa. Unaweza kuona iweje mtu ambaye tayari ametingwa ndiyo (more…)
“Philosophy isn’t a parlor trick or made for show. It’s not concerned with words, but with facts. It’s not employed for some pleasure before the day is spent, or to relieve the uneasiness of our leisure. It shapes and builds up the soul, it gives order to l ife, guides (more…)
Uzembe ni moja ya vikwazo vikubwa kwenye mafanikio ya wengi. Na uzembe umekuwa unatengenezwa kidogo kidogo, kwa kukosa umakini kwenye ufuatiliaji wa kile kitu ambacho mtu unafanya. Kwa kila kitu unachofanya, unapaswa kuwa mfuatiliaji kwa undani, usiishie juu juu, chimba ndani zaidi, pata taarifa zaidi na jua kila kitu unachopaswa (more…)
“You’ve endured countless troubles—all from not letting your ruling reason do the work it was made for—enough already!” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 9.26 Ni siku mpya, siku nzuri na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Tumeipata nafasi bora sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo bora sana. Kwa msingi wetu (more…)
Unapoanza kufanikiwa kwenye maisha yako, utakaribisha changamoto na usumbufu wa kila aina kutoka kwa watu mbalimbali. Wapo ambao watakuiga, watafanya kile unachofanya na kutaka kufanikiwa kama wewe. Hawa wanaweza kukufanya usumbuke, uone kwamba mafanikio yako yapo hatarini na ushindani utakuwa mkubwa. Lakini watu wa aina hii hawapaswi kukusumbua hata kidogo, (more…)
“Many words have been spoken by Plato, Zeno, Chrysippus, Posidonius, and by a whole host of equally excellent Stoics. I’ll tell you how people can prove their words to be their own—by putting into practice what they’ve been preaching.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 108.35; 38 Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii (more…)
Kama unajiambia huna muda wa kufanya kitu, nina habari njema kwako, tatizo lako siyo muda, tatizo lako ni umuhimu ambao umeweka kwenye kitu hicho. Labda nikupe mfano. Una gari yako, ambayo ina uwezo wa kubeba gumia 10 pekee, na huwezi kuongeza zaidi ya hapo. Umeenda sokoni kununua vitu ili ukaviuze (more…)
“When the problem arose for us whether habit or theory was better for getting virtue—if by theory is meant what teaches us correct conduct, and by habit we mean being accustomed to act according to this theory—Musonius thought habit to be more effective.” —MUSONIUS RUFUS, LECTURES, 5.17.31–32, 5.19.1–2 Hongera sana (more…)