In the Surangama Sutra, it says that Aniruddha, the Arhat greatest with heavenly vision sees our section of the…
From Marcus Aurelius’ ‘Meditations’: Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole; do not assemble in…
From ‘Everything is F*cked: A Book about Hope’ by Mark Manson: Hope doesn’t care about the problemsthat have already been…
From ‘Everything is F*cked: A Book about Hope’ by Mark Manson: Heroism isn’t just bravery or guts or shrewd…
As mad men often thinkthat black is white,so foolishness isnext of kin to madness. — Musonius Rufus(On Furnishings)
If equal affection cannot be,Let the more loving one be me. – W.H. Auden
Either you were banished justly or unjustly.If justly, how can it be right or fittingto feel aggrieved at just…
The wise and sensible…do not think that disgracelies in enduring them[i.e. malignant glances, laughs,strikes or reviles],but rather in doing…
We do not feelthe lack of many thingsunless we wishto live luxuriously. — Musonius Rufus(Exile Is Not An Evil)
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.
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