How much more tolerant and understanding would you be today if you could see the actions of other people as attempts to do the right thing?
How much more harmful are the consequences of anger and grief than the circumstances that aroused them in us! —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 11.18.8
His job was to set the priorities, to think big picture, and then trust the people beneath him to do the jobs they were hired for.
Help your fellow humans thrive and survive, contribute your little bit to the universe before it swallows you up, and be happy with that. Lend a hand to others. Be strong for them, and it will make yo...
He had the strength to resist temptation or excitement, no matter how seductive, no matter the situation.
Focusing exclusively on what is in our power magnifies and enhances our power. But every ounce of energy directed at things we can't actually influence is wasted, self-indulgent, and self-destructive.
Every negative has a positive. Push a negative hard enough and deep enough that it will break through into its counterside.
Every event has two handles—one by which it can be carried, and one by which it can’t. If your brother does you wrong, don’t grab it by his wronging, because this is the handle incapable of lifting it...
Ego loves this notion, the idea that something is fair or not. Psychologists
Choose not to be harmed—and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed—and you haven’t been. —MARCUS AURELIUS R
Choice—to do and think right Refusal—of temptation Yearning—to be better Repulsion—of negativity, of bad influences, of what isn’t true Preparation—for what lies ahead or whatever may happen Purpose—o...
Bad luck is actually a chance for us to make up some time. We're like runners who train on hills, or at an altitude so they can beat the runners who expected the course would be flat.
At twenty-one, Richard Wright was not the world-famous author he would eventually be. But poor and black, he decided he would read and no one could stop him. Did he storm the library and make a scene?...
Ask yourself about the people you meet and spend time with: Are they making me better? Do they encourage me to push forward and hold me accountable? Or do they drag me down to their level? Now, with t...
As Plutarch finely expressed, The future bears down upon each one of us with all the hazards of the unknown.
And why should we feel anger at the world? As if the world would notice! —EURIPIDES
Al no contar con una evaluación precisa de nuestras propias capacidades comparadas con las de los demás, lo que tenemos no es seguridad en nosotros mismos sino delirio.
A true student is like a sponge. Absorbing what goes on around him, filtering it, latching on to what he can hold. A student is self-critical and self-motivated, always trying to improve his understan...
Today, will you be part of the problem or part of the solution? Will you hear the wisdom of the world or drown it out with more noise?
Today, though, if someone were to hand you a hundred-dollar bill, you might rub it between your fingers or hold it up to the light, just to confirm it wasn’t a fake. All this for an imaginary currency...