“That cucumber is bitter, so toss it out! There are thorns on the path, then keep away! Enough said. Why ponder the existence of nuisance? Such thinking would make you a laughing-stock to the true student of Nature, just as a carpenter or cobbler would laugh if you pointed out (more…)
Ni kwa wewe kuwa mkubwa kwanza. Huwezi kutatua tatizo ambalo limekuzidi ukubwa, litakutisha, kukupa hofu na kukukatisha tamaa. Unapokutana na tatizo ambalo unaliona ni kubwa kwako, anza kwa kuwa mkubwa kuliko tatizo lenyewe. Na ninaposema uwe mkubwa siyo kimwili badala yake kifikra. Anza kwa kuwa na mtazamo mkubwa kuliko tatizo (more…)
“How disgraceful is the lawyer whose dying breath passes while at court, at an advanced age, pleading for unknown litigants and still seeking the approval of ignorant spectators.” —SENECA, ON THE BREVITY OF LIFE, 20.2 Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ya leo. Ni nafasi bora na (more…)
Karibu kila mtu analalamika kwamba hana muda. Ukweli ni kwamba muda upo wa kutosha sana, ila ni namna gani tunatumia muda huo ndiyo inaleta tofauti kwenye maisha yetu. Pale unapokuwa huna muda, maana yake kuna vitu vingi unavyotaka kufanya kuliko muda ambao upo. Hivyo unapojaribu kufanya vitu hivyo, ndiyo unagundua (more…)
“Trust me, real joy is a serious thing. Do you think someone can, in the charming expression, blithely dismiss death with an easy disposition? Or swing open the door to poverty, keep pleasures in check, or meditate on the endurance of suffering? The one who is comfortable with turning these (more…)
Kila mtu amekuwa anatafuta njia rahisi ya kuweza kupata fedha na mafanikio bila ya kufanya kazi kabisa. Na hili limewafanya watu wengi kuhangaika na mambo wasiyoyajua na kupoteza muda wao mwingi huku wasipate kile wanachotaka. Rafiki, kama unataka kupata mafanikio makubwa kwenye maisha yako, kama unataka kupata chochote kile unachotaka, (more…)
“The person who has practiced philosophy as a cure for the self becomes great of soul, filled with confidence, invincible—and greater as you draw near.” SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 111.2 Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ya leo. Ni nafasi bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu kwenda kuweka (more…)
Kwa kila unachofanya au kutokufanya kwenye maisha yako, kuna gharama ambayo unailipa. Inawezekana unailipa sasa au ukaja kuilipa baadaye. Ukweli ni kwamba hutaweza kukwepa kulipa gharama. Ili kufanikiwa lazima ulipe gharama kubwa sasa, lazima ufanye mambo magumu sasa, lazima usamehe baadhi ya starehe kwa sasa, lazima ujisukume na ujiumize, hakuna (more…)
“Some people are sharp and others dull; some are raised in a better environment, others in worse, the latter, having inferior habits and nurture, will require more by way of proof and careful instruction to master these teachings and to be formed by them—in the same way that bodies in (more…)
“Some people are sharp and others dull; some are raised in a better environment, others in worse, the latter, having inferior habits and nurture, will require more by way of proof and careful instruction to master these teachings and to be formed by them—in the same way that bodies in (more…)