Mapiramidi ya Misri ni moja ya maajabu makubwa ya dunia, kwa sababu ni kitu kikubwa kabisa kuwahi kujengwa na binadamu, tena katika wakati ambao hakukuwa na mashine za kurahisisha kazi kama zilizopo sasa. Mapiramidi haya hayakujengwa kwa siku moja, yalijengwa kwa miaka. Lakini ujenzi wake ulikuwa unafanyika kila siku, kwa (more…)
Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle and dry. Thus whoever is stiff and inflexible is a disciple of death. Whoever is soft and yielding is a disciple of life. The hard and stiff will (more…)
Vitu vitatu unavyoweza kufanya kwenye kila jambo na kila hali unayopitia. Kuna kitu unachoweza kujifunza, Kuna kitu unachoweza kuwafundisha wengine, Na kuna kitu unachoweza kufanya, hata kama ni kidogo kiasi gani. Usikubali tena kukwama kwenye jambo lolote, Usijiambie uko njia panda na hujui nini cha kufanya. Jifunze, fundisha, fanya. Hivyo (more…)
“He who always listens to what other people say about him will never find inner peace.” – Leo Tolstoy Kama mara zote unasikiliza kile ambacho watu wanasema kuhusu wewe, hutaweza kuyaishi maisha yako. Utaishia kuishi maisha ya wengine na hilo halitakupa utulivu unaohitaji kwenye maisha. Hakuna mtu mwingine anayeyajua maisha (more…)
Upo usemi kwamba hakuna kitu kipya chini ya dunia, kwamba vitu ni vile vile ila tu vinatokea kwa njia tofauti tofauti. Hata teknolojia mpya zinazokuja sasa, siyo vitu vipya, bali ni njia mpya za kufanya vitu vile vile ambavyo tumekuwa tunavifanya miaka na miaka. Lakini inapokuja kwenye fedha, kila mtu (more…)
“A person who overeats cannot fight laziness; and a lazy man cannot fight sexual dissipation. All spiritual teachings start with restrictions, with control of the appetite.” – Leo Tolstoy Moja ya tamaa ambazo zinawaangamiza wengi bila ya wao kujua ni tamaa ya chakula. Watu wamekuwa wanakula kupitiliza, kitu ambacho kinapeta (more…)
Sisi binadamu tunasukumwa na hisia kuu za aina mbili; hisia chanya na hisia hasi. Hisia hasi ni hasira, wivu, aibu, kutojiamini, tamaa na hatia. Hizi ni hisia ambazo zinakubomoa na kuwa kikwazo kwako kuyafurahia maisha yako, bila ya kujali umepiga hatua kiasi gani. Hisia chanya ni kujiamini, unyenyekevu, ujasiri, shukrani (more…)
“What reward should a good deed bring you? Only the joy you receive by performing it. And any other reward lessens the feeling of this joy.” – Leo Tolstoy Zawadi unayoipata kwa kutenda wema ni ile furaha unayoipata wakati unatenda wema huo. Pale unapojua unafanya kitu kizuri kwa ajili ya (more…)
Kuna wakati unahitaji kukaa kimya hata kama upo sahihi na kuacha upande usio sahihi kuendelea na mambo yao. Hii siyo kukubaliana na upande huo, bali kuepuka vita ambayo ushindi wake hautakuongezea chochote. Kuna wakati unahitaji kuwaacha wale ambao hawapo sahihi wajifunze kwa makosa yao wenyewe, kwa kuumia na siyo wewe (more…)
“The question is not what you look at—but how you look & whether you see.” — Henry David Thoreau Thoreau anatuambia swali siyo unaangalia nini, bali unaangaliaje na kama unaona unachoangalia. Tunaweza kujiuliza hivi kwenye kazi pia. Kwamba swali siyo unafanya kazi gani, bali unaifanyaje na kama unatoa thamani kubwa (more…)