| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Golden Sayings of Epictetus by Epictetus: things, in office, in positions of authority, in courts of law.
Weigh these things fully, and then, if you will, lay to your
hand; if as the price of these things you would gain Freedom,
Tranquillity, and passionless Serenity.
CV
He that hath no musical instruction is a child in Music; he
that hath no letters is a child in Learning; he that is untaught
is a child in Life.
CVI
Can any profit be derived from these men? Aye, from all.
"What, even from a reviler?"
The Golden Sayings of Epictetus |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy: disputing with Alexey Alexandrovitch's servant, and insisting on
being announced.
"No matter," thought Alexey Alexandrovitch, "so much the better.
I will inform him at once of my position in regard to his sister,
and explain why it is I can't dine with him."
"Come in!" he said aloud, collecting his papers, and putting them
in the blotting-paper.
"There, you see, you're talking nonsense, and he's at home!"
responded Stepan Arkadyevitch's voice, addressing the servant,
who had refused to let him in, and taking offhis coat as he went,
ObloDsky walked into the room. "Well, I'm awfully glad I've found
Anna Karenina |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche: 182. The familiarity of superiors embitters one, because it may
not be returned.
183. "I am affected, not because you have deceived me, but
because I can no longer believe in you."
184. There is a haughtiness of kindness which has the appearance
of wickedness.
185. "I dislike him."--Why?--"I am not a match for him."--Did any
one ever answer so?
CHAPTER V
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF MORALS
186. The moral sentiment in Europe at present is perhaps as
Beyond Good and Evil |
