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“Whence come wars, and fighting, and factions? whence but from the body and the lusts of the body? For wars are occasioned by the love of money, and money has to be acquired for the sake and in service of the body; and in consequence of all these things, the time which ought to be given to philosophy is lost.”
The Trials Of Socrates • Plato“For of all gainful professions, nothing is better, nothing more pleasing, nothing more delightful, nothing better becomes a well-bred man than agriculture.”
On Duties • Marcus Tullius Cicero“How many things served us yesterday for articles of faith, which today are fables for us?”
Essays • Michel De Montaigne“ "Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it."”
The Analects of Confucius • Confucius“But our attention is limited. There’s no way we can process the tidal waves of information flowing past us constantly. Therefore, the only zeroes and ones that break through and catch our attention are the truly exceptional pieces of information (…) This flood of extreme information has conditioned us to believe that exceptionalism is the new normal (…) the deluge of exceptional information drives us to feel pretty damn insecure and desperate.”
The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*Ck • Mark Manson