Money and Finance
From Meditations:
- Marcus Aurelius Quote
“Keep in mind how fast things pass by and are gone—those that are now, and those to come. Existence flows past us like a river: the “what” is in constant flux, the “why” has a thousand variations. Nothing is stable, not even what’s right...
- Marcus Aurelius Quote
From Meditations:Not just that every day more of our life is used up and less and less of it is left, but this too: if we live longer, can we be sure our mind will still be up to understanding the world—to the contemplation that aims at divine and human...
- Marcus Aurelius Quote
“Be not perturbed, for all things are according to the nature of the universal; and in a little time thou wilt be nobody and nowhere, like Hadrian and Augustus. In the next place having fixed thy eyes steadily on thy business look at it, and at the...
- William Irvine Interview (may 2012)
Irvine’s new book, A Slap in the Face: Why Insults Hurt--And Why They Shouldn't, was just released. It is a follow-up to his book A Guide to the Good Life. Jim Fleming: Although it can be uncomfortable, to look death in the face, contemplatives...
- Value Investing, The Chetan Parikh Way - Part 1
From Safal Niveshak. Link to: Value Investing, the Chetan Parikh Way – Part 1 Update: Part 2, Part 3……… I have a special affinity for this response from the interview:Whilst Zeno of Citium, a Greek philosopher, founded the Stoic school of philosophy,...
Money and Finance
Marcus Aurelius quote
From Meditations:
You can discard most of the junk that clutters your mind—things that exist only there—and clear out space for yourself:
… by comprehending the scale of the world
… by contemplating infinite time
… by thinking of the speed with which things change—each part of every thing; the narrow space between our birth and death; the infinite time before; the equally unbounded time that follows.
- Marcus Aurelius Quote
“Keep in mind how fast things pass by and are gone—those that are now, and those to come. Existence flows past us like a river: the “what” is in constant flux, the “why” has a thousand variations. Nothing is stable, not even what’s right...
- Marcus Aurelius Quote
From Meditations:Not just that every day more of our life is used up and less and less of it is left, but this too: if we live longer, can we be sure our mind will still be up to understanding the world—to the contemplation that aims at divine and human...
- Marcus Aurelius Quote
“Be not perturbed, for all things are according to the nature of the universal; and in a little time thou wilt be nobody and nowhere, like Hadrian and Augustus. In the next place having fixed thy eyes steadily on thy business look at it, and at the...
- William Irvine Interview (may 2012)
Irvine’s new book, A Slap in the Face: Why Insults Hurt--And Why They Shouldn't, was just released. It is a follow-up to his book A Guide to the Good Life. Jim Fleming: Although it can be uncomfortable, to look death in the face, contemplatives...
- Value Investing, The Chetan Parikh Way - Part 1
From Safal Niveshak. Link to: Value Investing, the Chetan Parikh Way – Part 1 Update: Part 2, Part 3……… I have a special affinity for this response from the interview:Whilst Zeno of Citium, a Greek philosopher, founded the Stoic school of philosophy,...