“Leisure without study is death – a tomb for the living person.” – Seneca
“Make sure you enjoy your relaxation like a poet – not idly but actively, observing the world around you, taking it all in, better understanding your place in the universe.” Ryan Holiday
“It is impossible to learn that which one thinks one already knows.” Epictetus
“What is it then to be properly educated? It is learning to apply our natural preconceptions to the right things according to Nature, and beyond that to separate the things that lie within our power from those that don’t.” Epictetus
“If a man knows not which port he sails, no wind is favorable.” Seneca
“At the risk of sounding like Star Trek’s Mr. Spock, is it logical for humans to indulge in wishing, or praying, or loving, yet to doubt the efficacy of such activities? Or if their empirical effectiveness is acknowledged, why should such phenomena be exempt from scientific study, or from systematic application in our pragmatic or scholarly areas of activity? Why cannot our mystical and mental selves coexist in both practical and spiritual affairs; indeed, why can they not simply coalesce? – Robert G Jahn and Brenda J Dunne, Margins of Reality
Wisdom
Chapter 1.
1. Give your ears to hear what is said, and your heart to understand what is meant.
2. Let what is wise rest in the casket of your mind, to be a key to your heart.
3. He whose works exceed his wisdom, his wisdom will endure.
4. But he whose wisdom exceeds his works, his wisdom will not endure.
5. The mighty man is he who has conquered himself;
6. The rich man is he who is satisfied with what he has;
7. The honorable man is he who honours others;
8. The wise man is he who learns from all men.
9. The wise do not speak before the face of one who is wiser.
10. The wise do not interrupt, but open the gates of their eyes and ears to learn.
The Good Book: A humanist bible. Made by A.C. Grayling
I have opened my eyes and ears to learn and I am rapacious in the acquisition of wisdom. Teach me.
A most joyous turning of the season to each and all.
I wish you all well and feel the well wishes of all.
