Quote of the day

 "When life is going well, instead of feeling gratitude, we convince ourselves that we're the all-powerful ones making it happen (these are the Ayn Rand types.) - Tim Desmond,  How to Stay Human in a F*cked-Up World: Mindfulness Practices for Real Life

Quote of the day

 "For the moment, all that we can do is to dig in our heels, and prevent silliness from sliding into insanity." - E.M. Forster, Two Cheers for Democracy

Quote of the day

 "If we consider the assault on democracy an insignificant crime, we have all yet to master our past." - Simonetta Falasca-Zamponi, Fascist Spectacle: The Aesthetics of Power in Mussolini's Italy

Quote of the day

 "It is impossible that there can be genuine and lasting peace through fear. Through fear can come only hatred, illwill and hostility, suppressed perhaps for the time being only, but ready to erupt and become violent any moment. True and genuine peace can prevail only in an atmosphere of mett, amity, free from fear, suspicion and danger." - Walpole Rahula, What the Buddha Taught

Quotes of the day

 From Family Lexicon by Natalia Ginzburg

• "Fascism didn't appear to be ending anytime soon. Indeed, it appeared to be here to stay indefinitely."
• "Soon no one was left who could pretend it wasn't happening, who could close their eyes, plug their ears, and hide their head under a pillow: those people were all gone."

Quote of the day

"I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection." - Thomas Paine, "The American Crisis" (December 23, 1776)

Quote of the day

 "What is terrible is easy to endure." - Philodemus

Via Beyond Stoicism: A Guide to the Good Life with Stoics, Skeptics, Epicureans, and Other Ancient Philosophers by Massimo Pigliucci, Gregory Lopez, and Meredith Alexander Kunz