“Don’t seek for everything to happen as you wish it would, but rather wish that everything happens as it actually will—then your life will flow well.” —EPICTETUS, ENCHIRIDION, 8 Hongera mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ambayo tumeiona leo. Ni nafasi bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu kwenda kuweka (more…)
“The human being is born with an inclination toward virtue.” —MUSONIUS RUFUS, LECTURES, 2.7.1–2 Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa kupata nafasi hii nyingine nzuri sana ya leo. Ni fursa bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo bora sana. Msingi wetu ni NIDHAMU, UADILIFU NA (more…)
“Aren’t you ashamed to reserve for yourself only the remnants of your life and to dedicate to wisdom only that time can’t be directed to business?” —SENECA, ON THE BREVITY OF LIFE, 3.5b Ni siku nyingine nzuri, siku mpya na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Tumeipata nafasi hii nyingine bora sana (more…)
“Each person acquires their own character, but their official roles are designated by chance. You should invite some to your table because they are deserving, others because they may come to deserve it.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 47.15b Kupata nafasi hii nyingine ya kuiona siku ya leo ni jambo la kushukuru (more…)
“You’ll more quickly find an earthly thing kept from the earth than you will a person cut off from other human beings.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 9.9.3 Ni bahati iliyoje kwa kila mmoja wetu aliyeweza kuiona siku hii mpya ya leo. Ni nafasi bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu kwenda kuweka (more…)
“Crimes often return to their teacher.” —SENECA, THYESTES, 311 Kupata nafasi hii nzuri ya kuiona siku ya leo ni bahati ya kipekee sana kwetu. Siyo kwa sababu tunastahili sana au kwa sababu ya juhudi zetu, bali ni bahati tu. Kazi yetu hapa duniani bado haijakamilika, hivyo leo tuna nafasi nyingine (more…)
“The best and the greatest number of authors have asserted that philosophy consists of three parts: the moral, the natural, and the rational. The first puts the soul in order. The second thoroughly examines the natural order of things. The third inquires into the proper meaning of words, and their (more…)
“What, then, makes a person free from hindrance and self-determining? For wealth doesn’t, neither does high-office, state or kingdom—rather, something else must be found . . . in the case of living, it is the knowledge of how to live.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 4.1.62–64 Kuiona siku hii nyingine nzuri ya leo (more…)
“Dig deep within yourself, for there is a fountain of goodness ever ready to flow if you will keep digging.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 7.59 Ni siku nyingine mpya, siku nzuri na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Tumepata nafasi nyingine bora kwetu kwenda kuchukua hatua kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo ya tofauti (more…)
“People aren’t in awe of your sharp mind? So be it. But you have many other qualities you can’t claim to have been deprived of at birth. Display then those qualities in your own power: honesty, dignity, endurance, chastity, contentment, frugality, kindness, freedom, persistence, avoiding gossip, and magnanimity.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, (more…)