Ally Jackson > Recent Status Updates

“There's nothing more insufferable than people who boast about their own humility.” (book 12.27)

“Someone despises me. That's their problem.” (book 11.13)

“The natural can never be inferior to the artificial; art imitates nature, not the reverse.” (book 11.10)

“Learn to ask of all actions, "Why are they doing that?" Starting with your own.” (book 10.37)

“It doesn't matter how good a life you've led. There'll still be people standing around the bed who will welcome the sad event.” (book 10.36)

“To stop talking about what the good man is like, and just be one.” (book 10.16)

“If they've made a mistake, correct them gently and show them where they went wrong. If you can't do that, then the blame lies with you. Or no one.” (book 10.4)

“Get a move on—if you have it in youand don't worry whether anyone will give you credit for it.” (book 9.29)

“Where their own goodness and badness is found-not in being done to, but in doing.” (book 9.16)

“To do harm is to do yourself harm. To do an injustice is to do yourself an injusticeit degrades you.” (Book 9.4)

“You want praise from people who kick themselves every fifteen minutes, the approval of people who despise themselves.” (book 8.53)

“Blame no one. Set people straight, if you can. If not, just repair the damage.” (book 8.17)

“Remember that to change your mind and to accept correction are free acts too. The action is yours, based on your own will, your own decision-and your own mind” (book 8.16)

“Re-member, nothing belongs to you but your flesh and blood and nothing else is under your control.” (book 5.33)

“Keep in mind how fast things pass by and are gone those that are now, and those to come.” (book 5.23)

“The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.” (book 5.16)

“No one could ever accuse you of being quick-witted.” HAHAH (book 5.5)

“At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself: "I have to go to work—as a human being. What do I have to complain of, if I'm going to do what I was born forthe things I was brought into the world to do? Or is this what I was created for? To huddle under the blankets and stay warm?"” (book 5.1)

“Does what's happened keep you from acting with justice, generosity, self-control, sanity, prudence, honesty, humility, straightforwardness, and all the other qualities that allow a person's nature to fulfill itself?” (book 4.49)

“Nothing that goes on in anyone else's mind can harm you. Nor can the shifts and changes in the world around you. -Then where is harm to be found? In your capacity to see it.” (book 4.39)

“Life is short. That's all there is to say. Get what you can from the presentthoughtfully, justly.” (book 4.26)

“You have a mind? Yes. Well, why not use it? Isn't that all you want—for it to do its job?” (book 4.13)

“It can ruin your life only if it ruins your character.” (book 4.8)

“Don't feel harmed and you haven't been.” (book 4.7)

“Each of us lives only now, this brief instant.
The rest has been lived already, or is impossible to see.” (book 3.10)

“Never regard something as doing you good if it makes you betray a trust, or lose your sense of shame, or makes you show hatred, suspicion, ill will, or hypocrisy, or a desire for things best done behind closed doors.” (book 3.7)

“Don't waste the rest of your time here worrying about other people-unless it affects the common good. It will keep you from doing anything useful. You'll be too preoccupied with what so-and-so is doing, and why, and what they're saying, and what they're thinking, and what they're up to, and all the other things that throw you off and keep you from focusing on your own mind.” (book 3.4)

“So we need to hurry.
Not just because we move daily closer to death but also because our understandingour grasp of the world may be gone before we get there.” (book 3.1)

“you cannot lose another life than the one you're living now, or live another one than the one you're losing… For you can't lose either the past or the future; how could you lose what you don't have?” (book 2.14)

“You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.” (book 2.11)