Philosophy is nothing elsethan to search out by reasonwhat is right and properand by deedsto put it into practice….
Shall we not be readyto endure hardshipfor the sake ofcomplete happiness? — Musonius Rufus(That One Should Disdain Hardships)
You will earnthe respect of all menif you beginby earningthe respect of yourself. — Musonius Rufus(Fragments: 30)
One man and one aloneshall we consider rich,the man who hasacquired the abilityto want for nothingalways and everywhere. —…
If one accomplishes some good,though with toil,the toil passes,but the good remains. If one does somethingdishonourable with pleasure,the pleasure…
Do not expectto urge right doing upon menwho are conscious ofyour own wrongdoing. — Musonius Rufus(Fragments: 32)
It is not possibleto live well todayunless one thinks of itas his last. — Musonius Rufus(Fragments: 22)
In a comic by Fēng Zikǎi (丰子恺) titled ‘Clock Awaiting Repair’ (待修的钟), a grinning man points at a public…
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 rise.
Forming an overhead bridge to protect the tiny. May all parents teach and praise their children for practising compassion towards…
Does a mother hen not love her chicks like a human mother love her children? Do chicks not love their…
Is not the opening of all kinds of packaging with deceased animals’ parts within, the opening of caskets? Is not…
CovidiocyIf how a physical pandemic is contracted and spread is already known, but its prevention still purposely ignored, this reveals…
Delusion: Super Short Story #723 He is so deludedthat he does not knowhe is so deluded,even thinking he istotally undeluded….
Loss: Super Short Story #722 She thinks he will realiseher great value after she is gone. But he is so…
Fairness: Super Short Story #721 She thinks life is unfair,but if it is equally unfair,he says,then it turns out fair….
Asymptomatic: Super Short Story #720 Just as anyone could bean asymptomatic carrier of a virusthat leads to death, all of…
Energy: Super Short Story #719 Some folks’ high energymake you lose energy. Keeping up with their intense inexhaustibilityis itself intensely…
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