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The Lucky Ones
By HH
I've been thinking about success and how much of it we actually control. We love pointing to the person who started with nothing and became a billionaire. See? Anyone can do it. Well, sure. …
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Random Thoughts & Shared Human Questions
One thought at a time, from historical writing to original reflections shared here. Explore uncertainty, luck, freedom and the questions people keep asking across different places and centuries.
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A different angle
By Zhuangzi
How much of what I call certain depends on where I am standing?…
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The ordinary practice
By Confucius
What would my values look like if someone watched only how I treated people today?…
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Nothing stands alone
By Nāgārjuna
What in my life really stands apart from everything that helped make it?…
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Already in the practice
By Dōgen
If I keep waiting to begin my life, what am I doing with this moment?…
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What must be there?
By Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
What do I mean when I say that I exist?…
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Name the difference
By Anton Wilhelm Amo
Is experiencing something the same as understanding it?…
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Give your attention
By Simone Weil
When did I last listen without preparing my reply?…
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The part you can answer for
By Marcus Aurelius
Which part of this worry belongs to what happened, and which part belongs to my judgment?…
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Fear takes up room
By Epicurus
How much of what I want would actually make a quieter life?…
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A person, not a role
By Simone de Beauvoir
Can I call myself free while treating someone else as less than a person?…
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The choice is still there
By Jean-Paul Sartre
What am I choosing when I insist I have no choice?…
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Keep the question open
By Albert Camus
Can an unanswered question still leave room for a life worth living?…
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The Enchiridion · Section II
By Epictetus
Remember that desire demands the attainment of that of which you are desirous; and aversion demands the avoidance of that to which you are averse; that he who fails of the object of his desi…
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The Devil’s Dictionary · Achievement
By Ambrose Bierce
ACHIEVEMENT, n. The death of endeavor and the birth of disgust.…
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