Hello there, This week for our guidance, Seneca reminds us that “things” are rarely worth what we think of them in his moral letter XLII 6: “Therefore, with regard to the objects which we pursue, and for which we strive with great effort, we should note this truth; either there is nothing desirable in them, or the undesirable is preponderant. […]
Hello there, This week for guidance, Seneca clarifies that self-deprivation is not virtue in his Moral Letters V 5: ” Just as it is a sign of luxury to seek out dainties, so it is madness to avoid that which is customary and can be purchased at no great price. Philosophy calls for plain living, but not for penance; and […]
Hello there, This week for guidance, Marcus Aurelius reminds us about the discipline of action in Meditations IV 2: “Let no act be done without a purpose, nor otherwise than according to the perfect principles of art.” We are supposed to take the time to decide on the most appropriate course of action, so as to ensure it is the […]
Hello there, This week for our guidance, let us continue on a similar mental path as last week and draw inspiration from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations VIII 32: “Act by act thou must build up thy life, and be content, if each act as far as may be, fulfils its end. And there is never a man that can prevent it […]
Hello there, This week for our guidance, let us continue on a similar mental path as last week and draw inspiration from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations XII 25: “Cast away opinion and you are saved. Who then hinders you from casting it away?” We are constantly looking at the world around us and internally making judgments (false judgments) and putting opinions […]
Hello there, This week for our guidance, let us keep with a similar theme guide to last week and look at the same letter from Seneca (just further down) LXIII 10: “If we have other friends, we surely deserve ill at their hands and think ill of them, if they are of so little account that they fail to console […]
Hello there, This week for our guidance, let us look at the Moral Letters of Seneca – LXIII 7: “Fortune has taken away, but Fortune has given. Let us greedily enjoy our friends, because we do not know how long this privilege will be ours.” Fortune or Fate is the sum-total of all the things that we do not control […]
Hello there, This week for our guidance, let us look at Marcus Aurelius Meditations IV 18: “What richness of leisure does he gain who has no eye for his neighbour’s words or deeds or thoughts, but only for his own doings, that they be just and righteous! Truly, it is not for the good man to peer about into the […]
Hello there, This week for our guidance, let us look at Seneca – XLVIII 4: “Both ambition and anger will wish to have the same rights over me as pleasure, and I shall be torn asunder, or rather pulled to pieces, amid all these conflicting passions.” The Stoic philosophy never teaches to suppress and avoid emotions. This is something I […]
Hello there, This week for our guidance, let us look at Seneca – LXII 1: “Wherever I am, I am master of myself. For I do not surrender myself to my affairs, but loan myself to them, and I do not hunt out excuses for wasting my time.” “Being busy for the sake of being busy” is something most, if […]