Teachers, who educate children, deserve more honor than parents, who merely gave them birth; for the latter provided mere life, while the former ensure a good life. Aristotle Education is the greatest gift that parents can bestow upon their children, for education is what sets one man apart from another. We can give our kids Read more…
Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live. Socrates Putting religious and cultural beliefs aside, it is reasonable to assume that we live only once, at least as far as our present material body is concerned. In the grand scheme of things, our life is but Read more…
I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better. Plutarch One of the greatest support systems in a person’s life are their friends. And regardless of its clichéd connotations, the proverb that a man is known by the company he keeps is Read more…
The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be. Socrates Humans can (proudly?) claim to be the most – and probably the only – hypocritical species on the planet. We tend to spend our entire lives pretending to be someone we aren’t. Even more unfortunate is Read more…
The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool. Epicurus It is hard to deny that chance, fate or luck – howsoever one refers to that serendipitous element of uncertainty, the one that is beyond human control – does play a role in our success or failure. However, the extent of Read more…
