“It seemed that one had little control over one’s own destiny. All one could do was to get on with the one job that nobody else could do, the job of being oneself.” — Monica Dickens, Mariana Mafanikio makubwa kwenye maisha huja pale mtu anapofanya kitu cha kipekee, kitu ambacho (more…)
“The closer people are to the truth, the more tolerant they are of the mistakes of others.” – Leo Tolstoy Kadiri unavyoukaribia ukweli, ndivyo unavyokuwa mvumilivu kwenye makosa ya wengine. Unazidi kuwa mkali kwako mwenyewe, huku ukiwavumilia wengine kwa makosa wanayofanya. Ukweli unakupa nafasi ya kujua jinsi wengi walivyo gizani, (more…)
“Soldiers who stand idle in a shelter during a battle as re inforcements will try to involve themselves in almost any activity in order to distract themselves from the impending danger. It seems to me that people who want to save them selves from life behave like these soldiers: some (more…)
“Consort with the crowd is harmful; there is no person who does not make some vice attractive to us, or stamp it upon us, or taint us unconsciously therewith. Certainly, the greater the mob with which we mingle, the greater the danger.” – Seneca Wewe pekee ndiye unayejua nini unataka (more…)
“You don’t have to turn this into something. It doesn’t have to upset you. Things can’t shape our decisions by themselves.” – Marcus Aurelius Matukio huwa yanatokea kama yalivyopanga yenyewe, Na yanatokea kwa kila mtu. Ila baadhi ya watu wamekuwa wanayabadili matukio hayo na kuwa mzigo zaidi kwao. Usiingie kwenye (more…)
“Freedom is not something that anybody can be given; freedom is something people take and people are as free as they want to be.” – James Baldwin Chochote kile unachosubiria watu wengine wakupe, unapoteza muda wako. Hiyo ni kwa sababu hakuna yeyote mwenye nguvu ya kukupa chochote unachotaka, bali wewe (more…)
“The task of a philosopher: We should bring our will into harmony with whatever happens, so that nothing happens against our will and nothing that we wish for fails to happen.” —Epictetus Kinachofanya ukwame na kuvurugwa kwenye maisha, ni matokeo unayoyapata kuwa tofauti na matakwa yako. Kila unapofanya kitu, huwa (more…)
“It is as easy to deceive oneself without perceiving it as it is difficult to deceive others without their perceiving it.” — François duc de La Rochefoucauld Ni rahisi sana kwako kujidanganya mwenyewe bila ya kujua kwamba unajidanganya. Ni vigumu sana kuwadanganya wengine, bila ya wao kujua kwamba unawadanganya. Hivyo (more…)
“If you could only know who you are, all your troubles would seem utterly unnecessary and trivial.” – Leo Tolstoy Sehemu kubwa ya matatizo ambayo unapitia kwenye maisha, yanatokana na mtu kutokujijua wewe mwenyewe. Unahangaika na mambo mengi kwa sababu hujajijua kwa undani. Unafuata kila ambacho wengine wanakuambia lakini bado (more…)
“In order to hit the mark, you should aim farther than it stands, so you will achieve it; in order to be just, you should make a self-sacrifice, be unjust to yourself.” – Leo Tolstoy Ili kufikia lengo, unapaswa kulenga mbali zaidi ya lengo hilo. Ukilenga kwa kiasi hicho hicho (more…)