Epictetus is reminding you that serenity and stability are results of your choices and judgment, not your environment.
Don't make prayer a consistent battle, but rather constantly pray against life's battles.
A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom.
Four minutes of eye contact brings people closer to each other better than everything else.
The boiling water that does not cool down only dries out!
Live your life in such a way that you'll be remembered for your kindness, compassion, fairness, character, benevolence, and a force for good who had much respect for life, in general.
A kiss a day keeps your wife's wrath away.
At the beginning, I thought the best Islamic work was in Spain - the mosque in Cordoba, the Alhambra in Granada. But as I learned more, my ideas shifted. I traveled to Egypt, and to the Middle East ma...
Bad weather never stopped anyone from reaping a good harvest.
Hide yourself in God, so when a man wants to find you he will have to go there first.
How I miss wandering around with old souls, Aimlessly moving from one place to anotherHow I miss all our dreams and our goalsAnd how we've lost ourselves to find each otherSeems like a playful game of...