From Marcus Aurelius: “We should remember that even Nature’s inadvertence has its own charm, its own attractiveness. The way loaves of bread split open on top in the oven; the ridges are just by-products of the baking, and yet pleasing, somehow: they rouse our appetite without our knowing why.Or how ripe figs begin to burst.AndContinue reading “Quote of the day 11/22/25”
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Quote of the day 11/21/25
From Heraclitus: “The cosmos works by harmony of tensions, like the lyre and bow.”
Quote of the day 11/17/25
From Søren Kierkegaard: “Hope is a passion for the possible.”
Quote of the day 11/15/25
From Søren Kierkegaard: “The most common form of despair is not being who you are.”
Quote of the day 11/14/25
From Gautama Buddha: “Radiate boundless love toward the entire world.”
Quote of the day 10/24/25
From Viktor Frankl: “Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.”
Quote of the day 10/16/25
From Carl Jung: “Your vision will become clear only when you look into your own heart.”
Quote of the day 10/12/25
From Plato: “Understanding is the natural faculty of the soul; it is not a result of teaching but of remembering.”
Quote of the day 10/11/25
From Karl Jaspers: “Philosophy is that which awakens in us the idea of understanding something in the face of the incomprehensible.”
Quote of the day 10/09/25
From Baruch Spinoza: “The more you struggle to live, the less you live. Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing. Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure….you are above everything distressing.”