We do not feelthe lack of many thingsunless we wishto live luxuriously. – Musonius Rufus(Exile Is Not An...

Philosophy is nothing elsethan to search out by reasonwhat is right and properand by deedsto put it into practice. – Musonius Rufus(Is Marriage A Handicap For The Pursuit Of...

Shall we not be readyto endure hardshipfor the sake ofcomplete happiness? – Musonius Rufus(That One Should Disdain...

You will earnthe respect of all menif you beginby earningthe respect of yourself. – Musonius Rufus(Fragments:...

One man and one aloneshall we consider rich,the man who hasacquired the abilityto want for nothingalways and everywhere.– Musonius Rufus(Fragments:...

If one accomplishes some good,though with toil,the toil passes,but the good remains.If one does somethingdishonourable with pleasure,the pleasure passes,but the dishonour remains.– Musonius Rufus(Fragments:...

Do not expectto urge right doing upon menwho are conscious ofyour own wrongdoing.– Musonius Rufus(Fragments:...

In a comic by Fēng Zikǎi (丰子恺) titled ‘Clock Awaiting Repair’ (待修的钟), a grinning man points at a public clock labelled ‘Official Standard Clock’ (标准钟) to another man and two children. Its hands claim it is 2 o’clock, while the sun has almost set. This can be...

Deeply penetrate the sutra treasury (深入经藏). But remember to emerge, to practise that learnt too, and not stay buried in...

If you fall, maybe you need to rest. If you are rested, maybe you need to...

Humans, being part of nature, should live in peace with...

Forming an overhead bridge to protect the tiny. May all parents teach and praise their children for practising compassion towards all beings, from the smallest to the...

Does a mother hen not love her chicks like a human mother love her children? Do chicks not love their mother like human children love their mother? Why separate them...

Is not the opening of all kinds of packaging with deceased animals’ parts within, the opening of caskets? Is not the devouring of their remains the eating of...

 Covidiocy If how a physical pandemic is contracted and spread is already known, but its prevention still purposely ignored, this reveals the mental pandemic at work – the disease of delusion, arrogance, apathy… now called...

Delusion: Super Short Story #723He is so deludedthat he does not knowhe is so deluded,even thinking he istotally undeluded. His state is the exactlythe opposite of being...

Loss: Super Short Story #722She thinks he will realiseher great value after she is gone. But he is so unappreciativethat he never valued herin the first place,what more to be able to see the differencewith her gone.While he will not feel any sense of loss,it was truly the greatest of...

Fairness: Super Short Story #721She thinks life is unfair,but if it is equally unfair,he says,then it turns out fair. Then she thought life is sometimes unfair,but if equally sometimes unfair,he says,then it turns out fair. But what if it isnot equally sometimes unfair?If that is really a...

Asymptomatic: Super Short Story #720 Just as anyone could bean asymptomatic carrier of a virusthat leads to death, all of us are already asymptomatic carriers of the potential of death,simply by being...

Energy: Super Short Story #719 Some folks’ high energymake you lose energy. Keeping up with their intense inexhaustibilityis itself intensely exhausting. In their attempt to energise others,they de-energise them. But when you deliberately slow down,they might slow down too.Instead of...

Cap: Super Short Story #718 He thought it is betterto wear a good capthan to wear a bad wig,that looked like a bad cap. Then again,it is even betterto not feel compelled to wear anything on the...

Hoax: Super Short Story #717 Truth: He is tired of being a hoax-busterfor those not tired ofbeing truth-bustersand...

Complexity: Super Short Story #716 He figured that peopleare only as complex ashow their degrees of greed, hatred and delusionmix and contradictwith their degrees of generosity, compassion and...

Story: Super Short Story #715 A good longer storyis made up ofgood shorter stories. Every short storycontains the essenceof principle in...

Queue: Super Short Story #714 As the humansqueued for their flesh one by one,the animals queued for their slaughter. When there were not enough humansto queue for their flesh,they were culled together to save rearing cost. If there were no humansqueuing for their flesh in the first place,they...

Essence: Super Short Story # 713 He knew that the essential wayto live life fully wasto appreciate the essence of all experiences. Be it good or bad,the true essenceis what can be learnt from...

Balance: Super Short Story # 712 She was too emotionalto listen to his reason. He was too rationalto empathise with her...

Stupidity: Super Short Story # 711 As he keeps thinking of himself as stupid,he keeps learning. As she keeps thinking of herself as smart,she stopped learning. Thus, he feels stupid is not so stupid,and she feels smart is not so...

Chances: Super Short Story # 710 With 365 days a year,and three meals a day,the heavy meat-eater had 1,095 occasionsto choose to eat kinder for many animals,and wiser for his health, but on all these occasions,he ignored the animals’ welfareand rationalised that eating them will not...

Sorriness: Super Short Story # 709 Paradoxically, she said,‘I’m sincerely sorrythat I’m not sincerely...