Category Archives: KUTOKA KWA KOCHA

“People seek retreats for themselves in the country, by the sea, or in the mountains. You are very much in the habit of yearning for those same things. But this is entirely the trait of a base person, when you can, at any moment, find such a retreat in yourself. (more…)

“I may wish to be free from torture, but if the time comes for me to endure it, I’ll wish to bear it courageously with bravery and honor. Wouldn’t I prefer not to fall into war? But if war does befall me, I’ll wish to carry nobly the wounds, starvation, (more…)

“For there are two rules to keep at the ready—that there is nothing good or bad outside my own reasoned choice, and that we shouldn’t try to lead events but to follow them.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.10.18 Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ya leo. Ni nafasi nzuri (more…)

“Today I escaped from the crush of circumstances, or better put, I threw them out, for the crush wasn’t from outside me but in my own assumptions.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 9.13 Siku mpya, siku nzuri na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Ni nafasi nzuri sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili (more…)

“You are not your body and hair-style, but your capacity for choosing well. If your choices are beautiful, so too will you be.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.1.39b–40a Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ya leo. Ni nafasi nzuri sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo (more…)

“Hold sacred your capacity for understanding. For in it is all, that our ruling principle won’t allow anything to enter that is either inconsistent with nature or with the constitution of a logical creature. It’s what demands due diligence, care for others, and obedience to God.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 3.9 (more…)

“Were you to live three thousand years, or even a countless multiple of that, keep in mind that no one ever loses a life other than the one they are living, and no one ever lives a life other than the one they are losing. The longest and the shortest (more…)

“Zeno would also say that nothing is more hostile to a firm grasp on knowledge than self-deception.” —DIOGENES LAERTIUS, LIVES OF THE EMINENT PHILOSOPHERS, 7.23 Hongera mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ya leo. Ni nafasi bora na ya kipekee kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo (more…)

“Whenever you find yourself blaming providence, turn it around in your mind and you will see that what has happened is in keeping with reason.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.17.1 Ni siku nyingine mpya, siku nzuri na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Tumepata nafasi nyingine bora sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili (more…)