Guest guest Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 One of my favorites: Think often of how swiftly all things pass away and are no more - the works of Nature and the works of man. The substance of the Universe, matter, is like unto a river that flows on forever. All things are not only in a constant state of change, but they are the cause of constant and infinite change in other things. Upon a narrow ledge thou standouts! Behind thee, the bottomless abyss of the Past! In front of thee, the Future that will swallow up all things that are now. Over what things, then, in this present life wilt thou, O foolish man, be disquieted or exalted - making thyself wretched; seeing that they can vex thee only for a time - a brief, brief time! Marcus Aurelius , "yosyx" <yosyflug wrote: > > , ecirada <ecirada@> wrote: > > > > That which is not good for the beehive cannot be good for the bees. > > > > Marcus Aurelius (121-80) > > > oh yes. and what truly benefits man, > benefits mankind... > > yosy > > > > > > Harsha wrote: > > > > > > "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that > > > counts can be counted." > > > - Albert Einstein (1879-1955) > > > > > > ecirada wrote: > > >> If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. > > >> Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut. > > >> > > >> Albert Einstein (1879-1955) > > >> > > >> > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 yosyx wrote: > , ecirada <ecirada wrote: > >> That which is not good for the beehive cannot be good for the bees. >> >> Marcus Aurelius (121-80) >> > > > oh yes. and what truly benefits man, > benefits mankind... > > yosy > Reflections, or Meditations, left behind by the emperor Marcus Aurelius is a compendium of his Stoic philosophy: "Nothing can come out of nothing any more than a thing can go back to nothing"; "Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them"; "What is good for the swarm is good for the bee"; "A man's happiness is to do a man's work"; "The act of dying is also one of the acts of life." On integrity: "A man should be upright, not be kept upright." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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