Sublime

What did it mean? It meant that his life was good, but his thinking was bad.

A man should use that spiritual heritage which he has received from the wise and holy people of the past, but he should test everything with his intellect, accepting certain things and rejecting others.

The only real science is the knowledge of how a person should live his life. And this knowledge is open to everyone.

Une année à peine après son mariage, il comprit que la vie de famille, tout en présentant quelques avantages, était cependant une chose très compliquée et très pénible, et que, pour mener une vie convenable, approuvée par la société, il fallait une règle dans le mariage comme dans le service.

And so they began living in their new home, which they realized, as one always does, after getting good and cozy, was just one room too small; and they grew accustomed to the new salary, which was inadequate by just a little, maybe five hundred rubles; still, life was very good.

Put at least half of your energy into making yourself free of empty wishes, and very soon you will see that in so doing you will receive much greater fulfillment and happiness. —After EPICTETUS

“I know that it gives one great inner force, calmness, and happiness to communicate with such great thinkers as Socrates, Epictetus, Arnold, Parker…. They tell us about what is most important for humanity, about the meaning of life and about virtue…. I would like to create a book … in which I could tell a person about his life, and about the Good W