From the Buddha: “We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.”
Tag Archives: philosophy
Quote of the day 08/20/23
From Seneca: “Study rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them.”
Quote of the day 08/19/23
From Buddhism: “Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.”
Ambition
Make your progress slow, gentle Ambition is a quicksand trap The more you struggle The deeper you sink
Perfection
A block of marble is perfect A blank canvas is perfect Empty space is perfect Continuous, unblemished, unbroken A sculpture is beautiful A painting is beautiful Nature is beautiful
Quote of the day 08/18/23
From Buddhism: “Let him not deceive another nor despise anyone anywhere. In anger or ill will let him not wish another ill.”
Quote of the day 08/17/23
From Marcus Aurelius: “Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.”
Quote of the day 08/16/23
From Marcus Aurelius: “The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.”
Reason
Remember to act on reason, not on emotion. Reason will steer you right. Emotions are for feeling. Reason is for acting.
Quote of the day 08/15/23
From Marcus Aurelius: “Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.”
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