Nikokaro Jul 3, 2021 "Among this general stupidity, a tragedy unfolds, unnoticed, amidst laughter, rants and antics. What are you doing? You're next!" Myself Reactions: JuanMena and AncientBoi
"Among this general stupidity, a tragedy unfolds, unnoticed, amidst laughter, rants and antics. What are you doing? You're next!" Myself
Nikokaro Jul 2, 2021 "Hoc est unum, cur de vita non possimus queri:neminem tenet"(the only reason why we cannot complain about life: it holds no one back) Seneca Reactions: JuanMena
"Hoc est unum, cur de vita non possimus queri:neminem tenet"(the only reason why we cannot complain about life: it holds no one back) Seneca
Nikokaro Jul 2, 2021 "You are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you wisdom unless you first empty your cup?" N. Senzaki Reactions: JuanMena
"You are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you wisdom unless you first empty your cup?" N. Senzaki
Nikokaro Jul 2, 2021 "There are some people just like mad dogs barking at everything that moves, even when the wind stirs among the grass and leaves" Huang Po Reactions: JuanMena
"There are some people just like mad dogs barking at everything that moves, even when the wind stirs among the grass and leaves" Huang Po
Nikokaro Jul 2, 2021 "Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric" B. Russell Reactions: JuanMena
"Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric" B. Russell
Nikokaro Jul 1, 2021 "Nullius boni sine socio iucunda possessio est" (No thing is good to own if you don't have friends to share it with) Seneca Reactions: JuanMena
"Nullius boni sine socio iucunda possessio est" (No thing is good to own if you don't have friends to share it with) Seneca
Nikokaro Jul 1, 2021 "However insistently the blind may deny the existence of the sun, they cannot annihilate it" Daisetzu Suzuki Reactions: JuanMena
"However insistently the blind may deny the existence of the sun, they cannot annihilate it" Daisetzu Suzuki
Nikokaro Jul 1, 2021 "You can't get at it, You can't be rid of it. When you do neither, there it is! You are silent; it speaks; You speak, it is silent" Yoka Reactions: JuanMena
"You can't get at it, You can't be rid of it. When you do neither, there it is! You are silent; it speaks; You speak, it is silent" Yoka
Nikokaro Jul 1, 2021 "Let life be as beautiful as summer flowers and death as autumn leaves" R. Tagore Reactions: JuanMena
Nikokaro Jul 1, 2021 "Mors æquo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas regumque turres"(Death beats indistinct blows at the poors' huts and the kings' palaces) Flaccus Reactions: JuanMena
"Mors æquo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas regumque turres"(Death beats indistinct blows at the poors' huts and the kings' palaces) Flaccus
Nikokaro Jul 1, 2021 "Curae leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent" (mild pains make one talkative, great ones make one dumb) Seneca Reactions: JuanMena
"Curae leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent" (mild pains make one talkative, great ones make one dumb) Seneca
Nikokaro Jul 1, 2021 "Habet praeteriti doloris secura recordatio delectationem"(when we are safe, the memory of past pain has a certain delight in it) Cicero Reactions: JuanMena
"Habet praeteriti doloris secura recordatio delectationem"(when we are safe, the memory of past pain has a certain delight in it) Cicero
Nikokaro Jul 1, 2021 "Demissos animo et tacitos vitare memento" (remember to fear those who feign humility and who barely speak) Cato Maior Reactions: JuanMena
"Demissos animo et tacitos vitare memento" (remember to fear those who feign humility and who barely speak) Cato Maior
Nikokaro Jul 1, 2021 "Amoris vulnus idem sanat qui facit"(The wound of love is healed by the one who caused it) Siro Reactions: JuanMena
Nikokaro Jul 1, 2021 "Si vis pacem, para bellum" [If you want (mental) peace, prepare yourself for (inner) war] Vegetius (my interpretation) Reactions: JuanMena
"Si vis pacem, para bellum" [If you want (mental) peace, prepare yourself for (inner) war] Vegetius (my interpretation)
Nikokaro Jul 1, 2021 "You should do anything with your whole body and mind; completely, like a good bonfire, not a smoky fire. Burn yourself completely" S.Suzuki Reactions: JuanMena
"You should do anything with your whole body and mind; completely, like a good bonfire, not a smoky fire. Burn yourself completely" S.Suzuki
Nikokaro Jul 1, 2021 "Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there in the imperfection is perfect reality" Shunryu Suzuki Reactions: JuanMena
"Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there in the imperfection is perfect reality" Shunryu Suzuki
Nikokaro Jun 30, 2021 "Crazy people are happy, free, have no hindrance. But you're only a bit crazy. Be completely crazy! Then you'll understand" Seung San Reactions: JuanMena
"Crazy people are happy, free, have no hindrance. But you're only a bit crazy. Be completely crazy! Then you'll understand" Seung San
Nikokaro Jun 30, 2021 "You must concentrate upon and consecrate yourself wholly to each day, as though a fire were raging in your hair" Taisen Deshimaru Reactions: JuanMena and AncientBoi
"You must concentrate upon and consecrate yourself wholly to each day, as though a fire were raging in your hair" Taisen Deshimaru
But quotes from a specific tradition of thought and with a precise purpose: to awaken consciences, even in this apparently foreign environment.

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