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Sharing Brunello's Thoughts on Life and Business

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@DavidDeutschOxf True. Again the Greek’s had the right idea: Paideia. Forging individuals to sustain the polis (city) not for GDP but for communal flourishing. Through aretē (virtue), they aimed to create the kalokagathos: the ‘noble and good’ soul. Minds as flames to kindle, not vessels to fill.

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"Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius.

I re-read it all the time.

When I was 25, I'd underline certain parts of it.

In my thirties other parts.

And now that I'm in my fifties it's a completely different read."

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"As my great mentor Marcus Aurelius taught me,

I live according to nature,

thinking that life is a beautiful gift from the creation,

seeing dreams as great mates of the soul."

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"I draw inspiration from Pavel Florensky:

'When you feel sad, when someone offends you,

when something goes wrong or you are overwhelmed by your inner storm,

get out and look at the heaven and the stars

and everything will fall back into place.'"

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"The Greek and Romans would plan for eternity.

Now we only think about the next ten years."

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"Einstein said:

'The crisis is the greatest blessing for people and nations, because the crisis brings progress.

Creativity comes from anxiety, as the day comes from the dark night. In the crisis there is inventiveness, discoveries and great strategies'."

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"Every ten years, more or less, there is a crisis,

and after every crisis there is new growth:

this is what history teaches us."

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"Today I am convinced

that the universality instilled by the great thinkers in their writings

is perhaps the greatest gift to humanity."

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"My desire to know

was always a few notches higher

than the number of books I bought

and the time it took to read them."

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"I am endlessly confident in mankind because I have a passion for history,

therefore I think that the world, in its spiritual essence, never changes;

two thousand years ago people were feeling the same joy and grief that we feel today."

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"Confucius told about himself:

'At forty I found my balance,
at fifty I settled my issue with heaven'.

This happened to me at sixty."

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"We should listen more frequently to the hope that dwells within the soul."

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"I always remember my father, my grandparents and my uncles, hard-working men often engaged in thankless work.

Praying to God for fine weather so that the harvest would not be ruined.

To this day, their enduring example has been an inspiration for life."

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"Capitalism must keep step with mankind.

The true economy coincides with dignity."

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"As my 'thought mate' Marcus Aurelius the Emperor taught me:

'You should live according to nature
and go with the stream of mankind'."

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"I have always argued that we cannot rule mankind with science only,

but we must redress the balance between science and soul.

I have the impression that half of mankind does not need anything,

but the whole of mankind is looking for something."

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"We must live like my great master Marcus Aurelius taught us:

'Live according to nature, plan as if you were to live forever, live as if it was the last day of your life'."

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"I think that we overwork, we are online too much, and this brings about an even stronger malaise of the soul.

Saint Benedict used to say:

'Every day you shall look after your mind through learning, your soul through praying, and work.'"

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"I must admit that the only thing I really need is books."

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"I believe that we have experienced a time of civilisation crisis,

where the great values of man lay dormant.

Heraclitus stated: “Whilst things rest, the world regenerates itself”.

And I argue that we are now experiencing a great reawakening..."

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