“It’s not at all that we have too short a time to live, but that we squander a great deal of it. Life is long enough, and it’s given in sufficient measure to do many great things if we spend it well. But when it’s poured down the drain of (more…)
“The mind must be given relaxation—it will rise improved and sharper after a good break. Just as rich fields must not be forced—for they will quickly lose their fertility if never given a break—so constant work on the anvil will fracture the force of the mind. But it regains its (more…)
“You know what wine and liqueur tastes like. It makes no difference whether a hundred or a thousand bottles pass through your bladder—you are nothing more than a filter.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 77.16 Ni jambo la kushukuru sana kwetu sisi kuiona siku hii mpya ya leo. Siyo kwa nguvu zetu (more…)
“You are afraid of dying. But, come now, how is this life of yours anything but death?” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 77.18 Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri ya leo. Ni nafasi bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu tumeipata leo, kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo bora (more…)
“For it’s disgraceful for an old person, or one in sight of old age, to have only the knowledge carried in their notebooks. Zeno said this . . . what do you say? Cleanthes said that . . . what do you say? How long will you be compelled by (more…)
“Many times an old man has no other evidence besides his age to prove he has lived a long time.” —SENECA, ON TRANQUILITY OF MIND, 3.8b Ni siku nyingine mpya, siku bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Tumepata nafasi nzuri kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo bora (more…)
“Do you then ponder how the supreme of human evils, the surest mark of the base and cowardly, is not death, but the fear of death? I urge you to discipline yourself against such fear, direct all your thinking, exercises, and reading this way—and you will know the only path (more…)
“Think of the whole universe of matter and how small your share. Think about the expanse of time and how brief—almost momentary—the part marked for you. Think of the workings of fate and how infinitesimal your role.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 5.24 Ni siku mpya, siku nzuri na ya kipekee sana (more…)
“Both Alexander the Great and his mule-keeper were both brought to the same place by death—they were either received into the all-generative reason, or scattered among the atoms.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 6.24 Hongera mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ya leo. Ni nafasi bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu (more…)
“Death lies heavy upon one who, known exceedingly well by all, dies unknown to himself.” —SENECA, THYESTES, 40 Tumeiona siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ya leo, Siku mpya na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Tunakwenda kuiishi siku hii kwa kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo bora sana. Msingi wetu ni (more…)