Live while you are alive
“It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn’t use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like “What about lunch?”. (A.A. Milne, quoted in The Economist). My comment: Amen to that! I remember at school my English teacher firmly telling us that long words don’t necessarily denote a brainy fellow, more likely …
Epicurus stayed clear of politics, but I thought this a good story, and rather clever: “Ukraine would like foreign assistance from the United States and its allies in its standoff with Russia; but outside of providing defense weaponry, the country would prefer the U.S.to just stay quiet. “When they start saying that tomorrow, you’re going …
Of the childless Americans aged 18 to 49, 44% now say they are never likely to become parents. More than half of the respondents who didn’t plan on having children cited personal preference, 17% cited financial obstacles, and 14% attributed their decision to the state of the world or climate change. (Pew Research Center, Dec …
“Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die”. (Novelist Anne Lamont, quoted in the New York Times) My comment: Refusing to forgive sours the soul.
From time to time I post a short list of the main teachings of Epicurus: 1. The “Summum Bonum” or “Reason for Living” is happiness or pleasure. Happiness is peace of mind and body. It is tranquillity or undisturbedness (ataraxia), the quiet of a mind free from fear (or anxiety) and a body content with …
