reason

Quote of the day 11/02/24

From Plutarch’ “For though all persons are equally subject to the caprice of fortune, yet all good men have one advantage she cannot deny, which is this, to act reasonably under misfortunes.”

Quote of the day 10/16/24

From Immanuel Kant: “Have the courage to use your own reason- That is the motto of enlightenment.”

Quote of the day 06/28/24

From Cormac McCarthy: “The road has its own reasons and no two travelers will have the same understanding of those reasons. If indeed they come to an understanding of them at all.”

Quote of the day 01/09/24

From Immanuel Kant: “All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.”

Quote of the day 11/10/23

From Marcus Aurelius: “The mind freed from passions is an impenetrable fortress—a person has no more secure place of refuge for all time.”

Remember to act on reason, not on emotion. Reason will steer you right. Emotions are for feeling. Reason is for acting.

Don’t worry

Don’t worry. You have faced challenges greater than this and overcome them. Remember that there are few problems in the world that can’t be solved with reasoned thought and effort.