I am enjoying Marcus Aurelius’ ‘Meditations’ just now.
A favourite quote ‘The noblest retribution is not to become like your enemy’.
I’d also pick ‘It is not death a man should fear, but he should fear not beginning to live’
I recommend his little book to all. Not bad from AD160’s. His practical, grounded and essentially forward looking philosophy (from the Stoics) really resonates with me. First look at yourself is a basic principle throughout.
Bruce
“Practice without theory is blind; theory without practice is empty" - Marx
G
The world can be divided into two classes of people, those who divide the world into two classes of people and those who don’t.
According to a recent episode in the “Philosophical Radio” over here in Germany, a better translation from old Greek might be: “I know that I don’t know”.
“Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.”
Isaac Asimov
An exchange between Whistler (the artist) and Oscar Wilde after Whistler had said something very witty:
Oscar Wilde - I wish I’d said that
Whistler - You will Oscar, you will
I also like Bob Dylan’s lyric - steal a little and they throw in jail, steal a lot and they make you King
Borrowed from ‘cod philosophy’
Never do anything today, that could possibly be put off till tomorrow.
david1111
“In 1969 I gave up women and alcohol. It was the worst 20 minutes of my life.”
George Best
WAX ON WAX OFF Mr miyagi karate kid classic
Very nice boxset. Many thanks for sharing that information. Might be a very nice summerholiday experience. I like both walking and riding my mtb.
Not easy to get a hold of a boxset so it seems.
Little bit of topic…sorry for that.
It actually came from Duke Ellington originally
“Well at least I didn’t waste it”. Stan Bowles commenting on that he had reportedly blown £1m on women, smoking, alcohol and gambling.
Franz Grillparzer in 1856
Martin
“Davies’ Law”: “If you don’t make predictions, you’ll never know what to be surprised by”.
“When you look at something through rose-colored glasses, all the red flags just look like… flags.”
“We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.” – [Aesop]
“I’m too poor to buy cheap things.”
“I don’t believe in anything you have to believe in”
— Fran Lebowitz
I’m so broke I can’t even pay attention.
