Tag Archives: Wisdom Wednesday

Wisdom Wednesday: Stop playing other people’s games

Posted on July 21, 2021 by smellincoffee

“[….] the system will set out honeypots, for people to get trapped in, the system will set out the ideas of retirement, the ideas of the golden years, providing you benefits, providing you a healthy working environment, WHY? Well, because … Continue reading →

Posted in quotations | Tagged | 3 Comments

Wisdom Wednesday: The choice is yours

Posted on July 14, 2021 by smellincoffee

As a human being, you have no choice about the fact that you need a philosophy. Your only choice is whether you define your philosophy by a conscious, rational, disciplined process of thought and scrupulously logical deliberation—or let your subconscious … Continue reading →

Posted in quotations | Tagged , | 3 Comments

Wisdom Wednesday: Memento mori

Posted on July 7, 2021 by smellincoffee
Posted in quotations | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Wisdom for Wednesday: Take charge of your mind

Posted on April 7, 2021 by smellincoffee

“Occupy your mind with good thoughts, or the enemy will fill them with bad ones.” – attributed to St. Thomas More, Chancellor of England. Unfortunately, I can’t find a primary source for this, hence ‘attributed’. “A gifted American psychologist has … Continue reading →

Posted in quotations | Tagged | Leave a comment

Wisdom for your Wednesday: To fall but rise again

Posted on March 24, 2021 by smellincoffee

For Lent I”ve been reading How to Live: What the Rule of St. Benedict Teaches us About Happiness, Meaning, and Community. I’d like to share some quotations from it. “The spiritual life is this,” a monastic elder from the Egyptian … Continue reading →

Posted in quotations | Tagged | 5 Comments

Wisdom Wednesday: There are no problems, only situations

Posted on March 10, 2021 by smellincoffee

I liberated this screenshot from a facebook group on the psychology of Stoicism and Buddhism. It’s been lingering in drafts for a few weeks because I recognized wisdom in the quote, even though it’s easy to dismiss it out of … Continue reading →

Posted in quotations | Tagged | 2 Comments

Wisdom Wednesday: Self Reliance

Posted on March 2, 2021 by smellincoffee

Liberated from facebook, mostly likely the “Psychology of Stoicism, Buddhism, Epicureanism, Etc” group page. Douglas is an especially good source for this kind of quote because of his background: he found help to teach himself to read, and he escaped … Continue reading →

Posted in quotations | Tagged , | 6 Comments

Wisdom Wednesday: On Living and Working Amid Madness

Posted on February 3, 2021 by smellincoffee

“When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: the people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous and surly. They are like this because they can’t tell good from evil. But I have seen the … Continue reading →

Posted in quotations | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Wisdom Wednesday: Thoughts on love and pain

Posted on January 6, 2021 by smellincoffee

These are two quotes from two rather different authors “To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must … Continue reading →

Posted in quotations | Tagged | 4 Comments

Wisdom Wednesday: Now will never come again

Posted on December 9, 2020 by smellincoffee

This past month some friends and I have been sharing, anonymously, thoughts on the pandemic and its influence on our growth as people — reflecting on how it’s changed us, how we’ve risen to the challenge (or not). I ended … Continue reading →

Posted in quotations | Tagged | Leave a comment