From Plato: “Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.”
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Quote of the day 09/20/23
From Plato: “The untrained mind keeps up a running commentary, labelling everything, judging everything. Best to ignore that commentary. Don’t argue or resist, just ignore. Deprived of attention and interest, this voice gets quieter and quieter and eventually just shuts up.”
Quote of the day 09/19/23
From Marcus Aurelius: “The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.”
Quote of the day 09/18/23
From Douglas Adams: “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
Quote of the day 09/17/23
From Plato: “Books give a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything.”
Quote of the day 09/16/23
From Benjamin Franklin: “It is better to take many injuries than to give one.”
Quote of the day 09/16/23
From Epictetus: “The soul is like the bowl of water, with the soul’s impressions like the rays of light that strike the water. Now, if the water is disturbed, the light appears to be disturbed together with it — though of course it is not. So when someone loses consciousness, it is not the person’sContinue reading “Quote of the day 09/16/23”
Quote of the day 09/14/23
From Epictetus: “In literature, too, it is not great achievement to memorize what you have read while not formulating an opinion of your own.”
Quote of the day 09/13/23
From Epictetus: “Who, then, is the invincible human being? One who can be disconcerted by nothing that lies outside the sphere of choice.”
Quote of the day 09/12/23
From Epictetus: “When someone is properly grounded in life, they shouldn’t have to look outside themselves for approval.”