The Enchiridion by Epictetus translated by William Abbot Oldfather (1928) 42-
Bonus:
Summary: Actions speak louder than words.
Commentary:
42: Don't get mad if people speak badly about you.
43: "Everything has two handles"
44: Being richer or better in one area than someone doesn't make you better overall.
45: Don't assume people are bad at something just because they do it differently.
46: Don't show off your philosophical-ness, but live life well.
47: Become a good person for yourself, not to show off for others.
48: The difference between a layman and an improver is that the layman looks outside, while the improver doesn't judge others and controls himself.
49: It's okay to get help to understand something. What's important is living by the principles you learn from it.
50. What people say about you is not under your control. Living by your principles is.
51. Stop waiting and start doing. (Kind of flipping from the other day.)
52. Doing is more important than reasoning.
53.
Lead thou me on, O Zeus, and Destiny,
To that goal long ago to me assigned.
I’ll follow and not falter; if my will
Prove weak and craven, still I’ll follow on.
“Whoso has rightly with necessity complied,
We count him wise, and skilled in things divine.”
“Well, O Crito, if so it is pleasing to the gods, so let it be.”
“Anytus and Meletus can kill me, but they cannot hurt me.”
This day seems more clustered than some of the others. Almost all about the importance of having and living up to principles.
MADE IT!
No comments:
Post a Comment