Everyone holds his fortune in his own hands, like a sculptor the raw material he will fashion into a figure. But it’s the same with that type of artistic activity as with all others: We are merely born with the capability to do it. The skill to mold the material into what we want must be learned and attentively cultivated.
—JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Aristotle vs the Stoics: What Does #Happiness Require?
Does living a good, happy life depend in part on external circumstances? Or is the quality of our lives entirely up to us?
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Added money for fastag on #airtel app. Deducted Rs. 5.9 for account operating charges 😂.
The dialogue Sujatha wrote for Anniyan film is very apt here:
"Is stealing 5 paisa wrong?"
"No"
"Is stealing 5 paisa for 5 crore times wrong ?"
"Seems to be so"
"Is stealing 5 paisa from 5 crore people for 5 crore times wrong?"
"Big crime sir!"
What's the punishment as per Garuda Puranam?
kumbhipakam for @airtelbank
We must, however, acknowledge … that man with all his noble qualities, with sympathy which feels for the most debased, with benevolence which extends not only to other men but to the humblest living creature, with his god-like intellect which has penetrated into the movements and constitution of the solar system—with all these exalted powers—Man still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.
—CHARLES DARWIN
THE WOLVES AND THE SHEEP
Once upon a time, the wolves sent an embassy to the sheep, desiring that there might be peace between them for the time to come. “Why,” said they, “should we be for ever waging this deadly strife? Those wicked dogs are the cause of all; they are incessantly barking at us, and provoking us. Send them away, and there will be no longer any obstacle to our eternal friendship and peace.” The silly sheep listened, the dogs were dismissed, and the flock, thus deprived of their best protectors, became an easy prey to their treacherous enemy.
FABLES, AESOP, SIXTH CENTURY B.C.