Mwanafalsafa Socrates alichukuliwa kama mtu ambaye alikuwa akijua sana katika enzi alizoishi, na hata mpaka sasa ndivyo ilivyo. Lakini Socrates alipoulizwa kwa nini yeye ni mtu anayejua sana kuliko wengine? Na jibu lake lilikuwa kwamba kitu pekee ambacho yeye anajua ni kwamba hajui chochote. Hivyo kama hajui chochote, kazi yake (more…)
“The person is free who lives as they wish, neither compelled, nor hindered, nor limited—whose choices aren’t hampered, whose desires succeed, and who don’t fall into what repels them. Who wishes to live in deception—tripped up, mistaken, undisciplined, complaining, in a rut? No one. These are base people who don’t (more…)
Maisha tayari ni magumu, lakini sisi wenyewe tumekuwa tunaogeza ugumu wake pale tunapojaribu kuyakwepa au kuyatoroka maisha yetu. Tumekuwa tunatumia muda mwingi kutafuta njia za mkato za kupata tunachotaka, njia ambazo siyo sahihi. Ni baada ya kujaribu njia nyingi, kupoteza nguvu na muda mwingi ndiyo tunajifunza kwamba njia sahihi ni (more…)
“These things don’t go together. You must be a unified human being, either good or bad. You must diligently work either on your own reasoning or on things out of your control—take great care with the inside and not what’s outside, which is to say, stand with the philosopher, or (more…)
Ni kanuni ya asili kwamba hakuna kitu kinachokua kama hakichochewi. Washa moto na kama hakutakuwa na vichocheo viwili; nishati na hewa ya oksijeni moto huo hautawaka. Kadhalika panda mbegu na kama hakutakuwa na maji na rutuba, mbegu hiyo haitaweza kuota. Kila kitu kwenye maisha kinahitaji kichocheo ili kukua zaidi. Na (more…)
“Above all, it is necessary for a person to have a true self-estimate, for we commonly think we can do more than we really can.” —SENECA, ON TRANQUILITY OF MIND, 5.2 Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ya leo. Ni siku mpya na ya kipekee sana kwetu (more…)
Kusema ni rahisi, kupanga ni rahisi, lakini kuanza kuchukua hatua ni pagumu. Na hii ndiyo inapelekea wachache sana kuwa ndiyo wachukuaji hatua, na wachache zaidi kuwa wanufaikaje wa zile hatua wanazochukua. Wengi wamekuwa wanaishia na maneno na mipango na wasichukue hatua. Zipo sababu nyingi zinazowazuia watu kuchukua hatua, lakini moja (more…)
“An important place to begin in philosophy is this: a clear perception of one’s own ruling principle.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 1.26.15 Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ya leo. Ni nafasi nyingine bora sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo bora sana. Kwa msingi wetu (more…)
Ukiangalia binadamu kwa ujumla, utagundua tumegawanyika kwenye makundi mawili. Kundi la kwanza ni la wale wanaoweza kujiongoza wenyewe, hawa ndiyo wanaishia kuwa viongozi na kwa wengine pia na wanaofanikiwa sana. Kundi la pili ni wale ambao hawawezi kujiongoza wenyewe, hawa huishia kuwa wafuasi na hawapigi hatua kubwa kwenye maisha yao. (more…)
“The soul is like a bowl of water, and our impressions are like the ray of light falling upon the water. When the water is troubled, it appears that the light itself is moved too, but it isn’t. So, when a person loses their composure it isn’t their skills and (more…)