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Appearances are everywhere equal (MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE)

They (Pyrrhonians) have reserved for themselves a marvellous advantage in battle, having eased themselves of the care of defence. If you strike them,...

30 March, 2022

On Talkativeness (PLUTARCH)

We must apply our reasoning powers to the effects of the opposite behaviour, always hearing and remembering and keeping close at hand the...

29 March, 2022

I am in control of my mind (JOHN IZZO)

Being awake is about being mindful—truly noticing what is going on. A simple definition of mindfulness is “the practice of maintaining a nonjudgmental...

28 March, 2022

It is not that we have a short space of time, but that we waste much of it (SENECA)

It is not that we have a short space of time, but that we waste much of it. Life is long enough, and...

27 March, 2022

Horace’s Odes – Β΄- 18

NON EBUR Ceilings of gold or ivory do not glisten in my house. No beams of Mount Hymettus rest on columns quarried in farthest Africa. Nor have I,...

26 March, 2022

Being poor means you have bartered your right to be the creator of your own destiny for a job you do not like and did not choose (ELIO D’ ANNA)

«Who are you?» I barely found the strength to enquire. «I am the Dreamer – said He – I am the Dreamer and you...

25 March, 2022

A cigar may be a welcome substitute for exercising his brains… (ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER)

How miserable are the idle hours of ignorant men! Ordinary people think merely how they shall spend their time; a man of any...

24 March, 2022

The best teacher I have ever had in my life (BILL BRATT)

Jean Thompson stood in front of her fifth-grade class on the very first day of school in the fall and told the children...

23 March, 2022

Where is the goose? (OSHO)

The master tells the disciple to meditate on a koan: A small goose is put into a bottle, fed and nourished. The goose goes...

22 March, 2022

Now, there is a mirror in which you can see yourself entirely – not your face (JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI)

Krishnamurti: You know your face because you have often looked at it reflected in the mirror. Now, there is a mirror in which...

21 March, 2022