Epictetus in Discourses says that if we focus on external factors to make us steady and bring us peace, we are setting ourselves up for...

"The best revenge is not to be like thy enemy." – Marcus Aurelius.   Have you ever been cruising down the freeway, feeling pretty smug...

"Right place, right time plus awareness equals opportunity."   For many years, whenever people asked how I grew in my career, I always...

"Worry is an addiction that interferes with compassion" Deng Ming-Dao   We've all been there, worrying like it's nobody's business....

"Life is a balance of holding on and letting go"    Rumi   Bad and Good only exist in our mind Ever had one of those days where you feel...

"Let us prepare our minds as if we'd come to the very end of life. Let us postpone nothing. Let us balance life's books each day. . . ....

"When an arrow doesn’t hit its target, the marksman blames himself, not another person. A wise man behaves the same." – Confucius (from...

"The difference between real material poison and intellectual poison is that most material poison is disgusting to the taste, but,...

"Stop giving an F." I've been seeing books with titles like this for a while now, but I hadn’t given it much thought. Instead, I used to...

"Share your wisdom even if the audience seems disinterested at the time" Rumi When I was in my twenties, I met a guy at a party who had...

Stoic philosophy is a school of thought that originated in ancient Greece, focusing on personal ethics informed by logic and the pursuit...

In today's fast-paced world, where we are constantly bombarded with distractions and demands, it can be easy to lose sight of what truly...

In the realm of philosophy, wisdom is often found in simplicity. Lively Insights takes us on a journey through the teachings of ancient...