Samurai. They are considered among the most feared warriors of all time. Their reputation in war and swordsmanship have been the subject of numerous discussions in history. What made the samurai different from other medieval swordsmen wasn’t solely their prowess in fighting, but also their strict code of honor. That code among the samurai isContinue reading “The Samurai Code: Utilizing Bushido Philosophy in Everyday Life”
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The Blind Leading the Blind: Navigating a World Without Leadership
“Procrastination is a lazy man’s apology” Chinua Achebe https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHJ5o6UYiwwkbgiy_fOIK0A/videos Are there any solutions to today’s problems? Has man finally reached a point where there is no wisdom to be shared? Is there nothing that can be passed down from father to son or mother to daughter? In a society where it seems that anything goes,Continue reading “The Blind Leading the Blind: Navigating a World Without Leadership”
The Spirit of Liberty: 3 Quotes of Freedom
“No one outside ourselves can rule us inwardly. When we know this, we become free.” Buddha
Return to Tradition: The Broken Promises of Modernity
In a modern world of lies, one will cling to the traditions of old to find their answers.
At Year’s End: Three Quotes to Help Accept the End
“You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.”
John Irving
The Will To Overcome: 3 Philosophical Quotes of Hope in Hard Times
“A flower blooming in the desert proves to the world that adversity, no matter how great, can be overcome.”
Matshona Dhliwayo
Virtue vs. Vice: Then and Now
“Freedom is the name of virtue: Slavery, of vice…. None is a slave whose acts are free.”
-Epictetus
Kindness Despite Disagreement
“Begin the morning by saying to yourself, I shall meet with the busybody, the ungrateful, arrogant, deceitful, envious, unsocial. All these things happen to them by reason of their ignorance of what is good and evil. … I can neither be injured by any of them, for no one can fix on me what is ugly, nor can I be angry with my kinsman, nor hate him.” -Marcus Aurelius
Respect vs Censorship
When morals no longer exist, people cling to government and censorship for solutions.
Simplicity: Then and Now
“Manifest plainness,
Embrace simplicity.
Put others first.
Desire little.”
-Lao Tzu
