October 10, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Reverence and Justice: “reverence so that you’ll love what you’ve been allotted, for nature brought you both together. Justice so that you’ll speak the truth freely and without evasion, and so that you’ll act only as the law and value of things require.” Reverence and Justice: “reverence so that you’ll love what you’ve been allotted, for nature brought you both together. Justice so that you’ll speak the truth freely and without evasion, and so that you’ll act only as the law and value of things require.”
October 9, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Set the Standards and Use Them: set a standard; hold fast to it. That’s all there is. Set the Standards and Use Them: set a standard; hold fast to it. That’s all there is.
October 8, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on A Higher Pleasure: What lasts longer and remains more within our circle of control? Wisdom, good character, sobriety, and kindness. A Higher Pleasure: What lasts longer and remains more within our circle of control? Wisdom, good character, sobriety, and kindness.
October 7, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on A Selfish Reason to be Good: the next time you do something wrong, try to remember how it made you feel. Self-awareness and wrong-doing rarely go together. A Selfish Reason to be Good: the next time you do something wrong, try to remember how it made you feel. Self-awareness and wrong-doing rarely go together.
October 6, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Looking Out for Each Other: “it’s in keeping with nature to show our friends affection and to celebrate their advancement, as if it were our very own. For if we don’t do this, virtue, which is strengthened only by exercising our perceptions, will no longer endure in us.” Looking Out for Each Other: “it’s in keeping with nature to show our friends affection and to celebrate their advancement, as if it were our very own. For if we don’t do this, virtue, which is strengthened only by exercising our perceptions, will no longer endure in us.”
October 5, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Words Can’t Be Unsaid: “better to trip with the feet than with the tongue.” Words Can’t Be Unsaid: “better to trip with the feet than with the tongue.”
October 4, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on All For One, One For All: “that which isn’t good for the hive, isn’t good for the bee.” All For One, One For All: “that which isn’t good for the hive, isn’t good for the bee.”
October 3, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on A Mantra Of Mutual Interdependence: as human beings we all breathe the atoms that made up our ancestors and flow into the same earth when we die. A Mantra Of Mutual Interdependence: as human beings we all breathe the atoms that made up our ancestors and flow into the same earth when we die.
October 2, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on The Most Valuable Asset: “but the wise person can lose nothing. Such a person has everything stored up for themselves, leaving nothing to Fortune, their own goods are held firm, bound in virtue, which requires nothing from chance, and therefore can’t be either increased or diminished.” The Most Valuable Asset: “but the wise person can lose nothing. Such a person has everything stored up for themselves, leaving nothing to Fortune, their own goods are held firm, bound in virtue, which requires nothing from chance, and therefore can’t be either increased or diminished.”
October 1, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Let Virtue Shine Bright: here is where you are right now, and it’s as good a place as any to let virtue shine and continue to shine for as long as you exist. Let Virtue Shine Bright: here is where you are right now, and it’s as good a place as any to let virtue shine and continue to shine for as long as you exist.
