From Plutarch: “The future bears down upon each one of us with all the hazards of the unknown. The only way out is through.”
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Quote of the day 10/31/24
From Plutarch: “Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yield themselves up when taken little by little.”
Quote of the day 10/19/24
From Homer: “A man who has been through bitter experiences and travelled far enjoys even his sufferings after a time.”
Quote of the day 09/07/24
From Ludwig Wittgenstein: “I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to the horse’s good nature that I am not thrown off at this very moment.”
Quote of the day 07/19/24
From Zhuangzi: Cook Ting was cutting up an ox for Lord Wen-hui. At every touch of his hand, every heave of his shoulder, every move of his feet, every thrust of his knee – zip! zoop! He slithered the knife along with a zing, and all was in perfect rhythm, as though he were performingContinue reading “Quote of the day 07/19/24”
Quote of the day 07/07/24
From Marcus Aurelius: “If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”
Quote of the day 05/31/24
From Thich Nhat Hanh: “Don’t run away from things that are unpleasant in order to embrace things that are pleasant. Put your hands in the earth. Face the difficulties and grow new happiness.”
Quote of the day 03/28/24
From Ernest Hemingway: “But man is not made for defeat… A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”
Quote of the day 03/24/24
From Cormac McCarthy: “Hard weather, says the old man. So let it be. Wrap me in the weathers of the earth, I will be hard and hard. My face will wash rain like the stones.”
Quote of the day 02/27/24
From Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: “This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.”