“When philosophy is wielded with arrogance and stubbornly, it is the cause for the ruin of many. Let philosophy scrape off your own faults, rather than be a way to rail against the faults of others.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 103.4b–5a Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa nafasi hii nyingine nzuri tuliyoiona leo. (more…)
“Hecato says, ‘cease to hope and you will cease to fear.’ . . . The primary cause of both these ills is that instead of adapting ourselves to present circumstances we send out thoughts too far ahead.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 5.7b–8 Kuiona siku hii nyingine mpya, siku nzuri na ya (more…)
“Meditate often on the swiftness with which all that exists and is coming into being is swept by us and carried away. For substance is like a river’s unending flow, its activities continually changing and causes infinitely shifting so that almost nothing at all stands still.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 5.23 (more…)
“He was sent to prison. But the observation ‘he has suffered evil,’ is an addition coming from you.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.8.5b–6a Ni jambo la kushukuru sana kwa mimi na wewe kuipata zawadi hii nyingine nzuri ambayo ni kuiona siku hii ya leo. Siyo kwa sababu tunastahili sana, au kwa sababu (more…)
“Don’t allow yourself to be heard any longer griping about public life, not even with your own ears!” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 8.9 Hongera mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana kwetu. Tumeipata nafasi bora na ya kipekee kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo bora sana. Msingi wetu (more…)
“If we judge as good and evil only the things in the power of our own choice, then there is no room left for blaming gods or being hostile to others.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 6.41 Hongera mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii mpya ambayo tumekuwa nayo leo. Ni nafasi bora na ya (more…)
“When you are distressed by an external thing, it’s not the thing itself that troubles you, but only your judgment of it. And you can wipe this out at a moment’s notice.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 8.47 Shukrani ndiyo namna pekee ya kuipokea zawadi hii ya siku mpya tuliyoiona leo. Na (more…)
“Think by way of example on the times of Vespasian, and you’ll see all these things: marrying, raising children, falling ill, dying, wars, holiday feasts, commerce, farming, flattering, pretending, suspecting, scheming, praying that others die, grumbling over one’s lot, falling in love, amassing fortunes, lusting after office and power. Now (more…)
“The universe is change. Life is opinion.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 4.3.4b Ni siku nyingine mpya, siku bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Tumepata nafasi hii nzuri sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo bora sana. Msingi wetu ni NIDHAMU, UADILIFU NA KUJITUMA, Mwongozo wetu ni AFYA, UTAJIRI (more…)
“Remember that you are an actor in a play, playing a character according to the will of the playwright—if a short play, then it’s short; if long, long. If he wishes you to play the beggar, play even that role well, just as you would if it were a cripple, (more…)