“Consider who you are. Above all, a human being, carrying no greater power than your own reasoned choice, which oversees all other things, and is free from any other master.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 2.10.1 Ni siku mpya, siku bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Tumeipata nafasi hii nyingine nzuri sana kwetu (more…)
“You can bind up my leg, but not even Zeus has the power to break my freedom of choice.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 1.1.23 Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana tuliyonayo leo. Ni nafasi bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo bora (more…)
“Remember, then, if you deem what is by nature slavish to be free, and what is not your own to be yours, you will be shackled and miserable, blaming both gods and other people. But if you deem as your own only what is yours, and what belongs to others (more…)
“I judge you unfortunate because you have never lived through misfortune. You have passed through life without an opponent—no one can ever know what you are capable of, not even you.” —SENECA, ON PROVIDENCE, 4.3 Ni siku nyingine mpya, siku bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Tumeipata nafasi hii nzuri (more…)
“We must undergo a hard winter training and not rush into things for which we haven’t prepared.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 1.2.32 Tushukuru sana kwa nafasi hii nyingine nzuri ambayo tumeweza kuiona siku hii ya leo. Siyo kwa akili zetu, wala uwezo wetu, bali ni bahati tu. Hivyo tutumie vizuri bahati hii (more…)
“Men, the philosopher’s lecture-hall is a hospital—you shouldn’t walk out of it feeling pleasure, but pain, for you aren’t well when you enter it.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.23.30 Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ambayo tumeiona leo. Ni nafasi bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi (more…)
“The rational soul is stronger than any kind of fortune—from its own share it guides its affairs here or there, and is itself the cause of a happy or miserable life.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 98.2b Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa nafasi hii nzuri sana tuliyoipata leo. Ni siku bora na ya (more…)
“Whenever you take offense at someone’s wrongdoing, immediately turn to your own similar failings, such as seeing money as good, or pleasure, or a little fame—whatever form it takes. By thinking on this, you’ll quickly forget your anger, considering also what compels them—for what else could they do? Or, if (more…)
“Anything that must yet be done, virtue can do with courage and promptness. For anyone would call it a sign of foolishness for one to undertake a task with a lazy and begrudging spirit, or to push the body in one direction and the mind in another, to be torn (more…)
“No person has the power to have everything they want, but it is in their power not to want what they don’t have, and to cheerfully put to good use what they do have.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 123.3 Ni siku mpya, siku nzuri na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Tumeipata nafasi (more…)