“Ernest Hemingway wrote that happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing. However, if we are intelligent yet unhappy, then perhaps we are not intelligent enough. Socrates, Seneca, and Epictetus were intelligent enough to find happiness and contentment—even while drinking… — Giannis Delimitsos Copy Share Image
“When I arrive to a new place, it is no longer the place it was before my arrival. And I am not the same… — Giannis Delimitsos Copy Share Image
“She who believes that science will inescapably solve humanity’s oldest problems and radically change the human lot in this world is the one who… — Giannis Delimitsos Copy Share Image
“Homo Defessus – Never before in human history has so many people considered their everyday tiredness (because they are so busy and have so much to do) as a badge of honor. We are living in the era of Homo Defessus, the exhausted man. I wonder if the historians of the distant future (if there will be any) will look… — Giannis Delimitsos Copy Share
“Many modern gurus encourage us to ‘be ourselves’. Perhaps it has not occurred to them that we can only ever be ourselves – nothing… — Giannis Delimitsos Copy Share Image
“Ernest Hemingway wrote that happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing. However, if we are intelligent yet unhappy, then perhaps we are not… — Giannis Delimitsos Copy Share Image
“Love, the phenomenal act of canceling self in favor of the very same self.” — Giannis Delimitsos Copy Share Image
“Never be disappointed and never lose your hope and fortitude when all that you see around is only shadows. Because if there are shadows, there must also be sources of light… — Giannis Delimitsos Copy Share Image
“If you wish to know things better and understand their workings more profoundly, make sure that you keep yourself at a certain distance from… — Giannis Delimitsos Copy Share Image
“A pleasing paradox — The more frequently we contemplate our death, the less dominant its effect in our lives becomes. Like King Mithridates, who… — Giannis Delimitsos Copy Share Image
“Idol worship” is so deeply ingrained in the human brain synapses that it would be almost impossible to be bereft of it. And in… — Giannis Delimitsos Copy Share Image
“The Buddha promised redemption after thousands of deaths and rebirths, after millennia of suffering. Epicurus promised the end of all striving with a momentary,… — Giannis Delimitsos Copy Share Image
“By speaking with courtesy and respect, you are offering a wonderful gift to yourself, a useful embarrassment to the unkind, and a good example… — Giannis Delimitsos Copy Share Image
