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A pleasant and happy life never comes from external things (PLUTARCH)

Clothes are supposed to make a man warm, not of course by warming him themselves in the sense of adding their warmth to...

23 April, 2023

“What do you mean what is left?I am left!” (LEO BUSCAGLIA)

Philosophers have told us this for years. "You are all you have. Therefore, make yourself the most beautiful, tender, wonderful, fantastic person in...

23 April, 2023

They forget the graces that were given to them (ROBERT GREENE)

Be wary of friends they will betray you more quickly, for they are easily aroused to envy. They also become spoiled and tyrannical....

22 April, 2023

From my experience I can tell you… (OSHO)

"A man walking in the night slipped and fell from a rocky path. Afraid he would fall down thousands of feet, because he...

21 April, 2023

IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO SAY, SAY NOTHING (ROLF DOBELLI)

When asked why a fifth of Americans were unable to locate their country on a world map, Miss Teen South Carolina, a high-school...

20 April, 2023

The cosmic circle (EMPEDOKLES)

But come, hearken to my words, for it is learning that increaseth wisdom. 15As I said before, when I declared the heads of my...

19 April, 2023

If sharks were men (BERTOLT BRECHT)

“If sharks were men ,” Mr.K was asked by his landlady's little girl , “would they be nicer to the little fish?”. “Certainly,”...

18 April, 2023

Those who have the courage to move forward (ERICH FROMM)

Not to move forward, to stay where we are, to regress, in other words to rely on what we have, is very tempting,...

17 April, 2023

Authorities find respect with the mob (ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER)

This is the argumentum ad verecundiam. It consists in making an appeal to authority rather than reason, and in using such an authority...

16 April, 2023

In front of the law (FRANZ KAFKA)

In front of the law there is a doorkeeper. A man from the countryside comes up to the door and asks for entry....

15 April, 2023