“Wherever a person can live, there one can also live well; life is also in the demands of court, there too one can live well.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 5.16 Ni siku mpya, siku bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Tumeipata nafasi nyingine nzuri sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili (more…)
“Apply yourself to thinking through difficulties—hard times can be softened, tight squeezes widened, and heavy loads made lighter for those who can apply the right pressure.” —SENECA, ON TRANQUILITY OF MIND, 10.4b Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ya leo. Ni nafasi bora na ya kipekee sana (more…)
“Silence is a lesson learned from the many sufferings of life.” —SENECA, THYESTES, 309 Shukrani ndiyo kitu pekee tunachoweza kutoa kwa nafasi hii nzuri tuliyoiona leo. Siyo kwa akili zetu, wala nguvu zetu, bali ni kwa bahati tu. Kuhakikisha tunaitumia vizuri nafasi hii ya leo, nafasi ambayo wapo wengine wangekuwa (more…)
“You must stop blaming God, and not blame any person. You must completely control your desire and shift your avoidance to what lies within your reasoned choice. You must no longer feel anger, resentment, envy, or regret.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.22.13 Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ya (more…)
“At this moment you aren’t on a journey, but wandering about, being driven from place to place, even though what you seek—to live well—is found in all places. Is there any place more full of confusion than the Forum? Yet even there you can live at peace, if needed.” —SENECA, (more…)
“Indeed, how could exile be an obstacle to a person’s own cultivation, or to attaining virtue when no one has ever been cut off from learning or practicing what is needed by exile?” —MUSONIUS RUFUS, LECTURES, 9.37.30–31, 9.39.1 Kuiona siku nyingine mpya na nzuri kama ya leo ni jambo la (more…)
“That cucumber is bitter, so toss it out! There are thorns on the path, then keep away! Enough said. Why ponder the existence of nuisance? Such thinking would make you a laughing-stock to the true student of Nature, just as a carpenter or cobbler would laugh if you pointed out (more…)
“How disgraceful is the lawyer whose dying breath passes while at court, at an advanced age, pleading for unknown litigants and still seeking the approval of ignorant spectators.” —SENECA, ON THE BREVITY OF LIFE, 20.2 Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ya leo. Ni nafasi bora na (more…)
“Trust me, real joy is a serious thing. Do you think someone can, in the charming expression, blithely dismiss death with an easy disposition? Or swing open the door to poverty, keep pleasures in check, or meditate on the endurance of suffering? The one who is comfortable with turning these (more…)
“The person who has practiced philosophy as a cure for the self becomes great of soul, filled with confidence, invincible—and greater as you draw near.” SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 111.2 Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ya leo. Ni nafasi bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu kwenda kuweka (more…)