Cezary > Cezary's Quotes

“What good are gilded rooms or precious stones-fitted on the floor, inlaid in the walls, carried from great distances at the greatest expense? These things are pointless and unnecessary-without them isn't it possible to live healthy? Aren't they the source of constant trouble? Don't they cost vast sums of money that, through public and private charity, may have benefited many?”
― Musonius Rufus, Musonius Rufus on How to live

“Humanity must seek what is NOT simple and obvious using the simple and obvious.”
― Gaius Musonius Rufus, Musonius Rufus on How to live

“We will train both soul and body when we accustom ourselves to cold, heat, thirst, hunger, scarcity of food, hardness of bed, abstaining from pleasures, and enduring pains.”
― Musonius Rufus, Musonius Rufus: Lectures and Sayings

“There’s simply no polite way to tell people they’ve dedicated their lives to an illusion.”
― Daniel Dennett