“Take a good hard look at people’s ruling principle, especially of the wise, what they run away from and what they seek out.” MARCUS AURELIUS Today’s stoic post asks us to find a wise person or you can say a role model and learn things from them. Observe what they…
“There are three areas in which the person who would be wise and good must be trained. The first has to do with desires and aversions—that a person may never miss the mark in desires nor fall into what repels them. The second has to do with impulses to act…
“Erase the false impressions from your mind by constantly saying to yourself, I have it in my soul to keep out any evil, desire, or any kind of disturbance—instead, seeing the true nature of things, I will give them only their due. Always remember this power that nature gave you.”…
Frankenstein is classic literature, written by Mary Shelley and published in 1818. This novel has been classified as one of the first science fiction and a true Gothic novel. As per popular assumption, Frankenstein is not the monster, in fact, quite the contrary Dr. Frakenstein is the scientist who created…
“What’s left to be prized? This, I think—to limit our action or inaction to only what’s in keeping with the needs of our own preparation . . . it’s what the exertions of education and teaching are all about—here is the thing to be prized! If you hold this firmly,…
Continuing on my journey on minimalism I went ahead to tackle other items of the category clothing. I am combining many sub-categories that I mentioned in my main post just to avoid too many posts with repetitive or less content. Now going through my clothes section was the toughest and…
This book is a true story of 5 women who were killed by Jack the Ripper in Victorian London. The newspaper has advocated the fact that Jack preyed only on prostitutes and somehow these five women were mapped to be prostitute, whereas as explored by the author only one of…
“From Rusticus . . . I learned to read carefully and not be satisfied with a rough understanding of the whole, and not to agree too quickly with those who have a lot to say about something.” MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 1.7.3 I think this meditation is for me only. In…
“Let’s pass over to the really rich—how often the occasions they look just like the poor! When they travel abroad they must restrict their baggage, and when haste is necessary, they dismiss their entourage. And those who are in the army, how few of their possessions they get to keep…
As I promised in my last post I have started my journey towards minimalism, towards a more happy and fulfilling life. And I have started with the category clothing with the first item in the list: Bags, Purses, and Wallets. Now the thing with this category item is that you…
