“Keep death and exile before your eyes each day, along with everything that seems terrible—by doing so, you’ll never have a base thought nor will you have excessive desire.” —EPICTETUS, ENCHIRIDION, 21 Ni jambo la kushukuru sana kwa sisi kuweza kuiona siku hii mpya na nzuri sana ya leo. Siyo (more…)
“Anything that can be prevented, taken away, or coerced is not a person’s own—but those things that can’t be blocked are their own.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.24.3 Ni siku nyingine mpya, siku nzuri na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Tumeipata nafasi nyingine bora sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata (more…)
“Philosophy does not claim to get a person any external possession. To do so would be beyond its field. As wood is to the carpenter, bronze to the sculptor, so our own lives are the proper material in the art of living.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 1.15.2 Ni siku nyingine mpya, siku (more…)
“Let each thing you would do, say or intend be like that of a dying person.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 2.11.1 Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii mpya tuliyoiona leo. Ni nafasi bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo bora sana. Msingi wetu ni (more…)
“Let us prepare our minds as if we’d come to the very end of life. Let us postpone nothing. Let us balance life’s books each day. . . . The one who puts the finishing touches on their life each day is never short of time.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 101.7b–8a (more…)
“The person who follows reason in all things will have both leisure and a readiness to act—they are at once both cheerful and self-composed.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 10.12b Hongera mwanamafanikio kwa kuiona siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ya leo. Ni nafasi bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi (more…)
“Don’t lament this and don’t get agitated.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 7.43 Sisi ni nani mpaka tustahili kuiona siku hii ya leo? Tukiwaangalia wale ambao walikuwa na mipango mikubwa kwa siku hii ila hawajaifikia, ndiyo tunagundua kwamba tuna bahati ya kipekee kuiona siku hii. Siyo kwa nguvu zetu wala ujanja wetu, (more…)
“If someone is slipping up, kindly correct them and point out what they missed. But if you can’t, blame yourself—or no one.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 10.4 Kuiona siku hii mpya ya leo ni jambo la kushukuru sana. Ni nafasi bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili (more…)
“How satisfying it is to dismiss and block out any upsetting or foreign impression, and immediately to have peace in all things.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 5.2 Hongera mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ya leo. Ni nafasi bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kupata (more…)
“We are like many pellets of incense falling on the same altar. Some collapse sooner, others later, but it makes no difference.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 4.15 Ni siku nyingine mpya, siku nzuri na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Tumepata nafasi bora kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo bora (more…)