“Temporary solitude from all things in this life, the medita tion within yourself about the divine, is food as necessary for your soul as material food is for your body.” – Leo Tolstoy Huwa unaulisha mwili wako kila siku, lakini je unahangaika kuilisha rohk yako. Kwa wengi, roho ni eneo (more…)
“Be wise and self-controlled, and share in courage and justice … the art by which a human would become good. We must do just that!” —Musonius Rufus Falsafa ya Ustoa ina misingi mikuu minne. Misingi hiyo tunaweza kuigawa kwenye pande mbili, upande wa kwanza ni kwetu wenyewe na upande wa (more…)
“Most people act, not according to their meditations, and not according to their feelings, but as if hypnotized, based on some senseless repetition of patterns.” – Leo Tolstoy Hebu jipe nafasi ya kutafakari kila kitu unachofanya kwenye maisha yako na kujiuliza kwa nini umefanya ulichofanya na kwa namna ulivyofanya? Je (more…)
“Blaming others is an entertainment which some people like and cannot restrain themselves from. When you see all the harm this blaming causes, you see that it is a sin not to stop people from practicing this entertainment.” – Leo Tolstoy Kuwalaumu wengine ni moja ya burudani ambayo wengi wanaipenda. (more…)
“If you accomplish something good with hard work, the labor passes quickly, but the good endures; if you do something shameful in pursuit of pleasure, the pleasure passes quickly, but the same endures.” – Musonius Rufus Kama ukikamilisha kitu kilicho sahihi kwa kuweka juhudi kubwa, maumivu ya kazi yanapita, lakini (more…)
“Hurried work done in irritation attracts the unfavorable attention of others. Real work is always quiet, constant, and inconspicuous.” – Leo Tolstoy Kazi isiyo sahihi, inayofanywa kwa haraka na kelele nyingi, huwa inawavutia wengi na kuonekana ni maarufu. Lakini huwa siyo kazi sahihi na matokeo yake huleta uharibifu kwa wengi. (more…)
“No matter bow big mankind’s store of knowledge seems to me in comparison with our previous ignorance, it is only an infinitely small part of all possible knowledge.” – Leo Tolstoy Haijalishi maarifa tuliyonayo sasa ni mengi kiasi gani, Bado ni sehemu ndogo mno ya maarifa yanayoweza kupatikana. Kadiri tunavyokwenda, (more…)
“It is much easier to recognise error than to find truth; for error lies on the surface and may be overcome; but truth lies in the depths, and to search for it is not given to every one.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Ni rahisi kuona makosa kuliko ilivyo kuona (more…)
“A clever man ought to so regulate his interests that each will fall in due order. Our greediness so often troubles us, making us run after so many things at the same time, that while we too eagerly look after the least we miss the greatest.” – François Duc De (more…)
“We cannot prevent birds from flying over our heads, but we can keep them from making nests on top of our heads. Similarly, bad thoughts sometimes appear in our mind, but we can choose whether we allow them to live there, to create a nest for themselves, and to breed (more…)