Concept
Judgement
The opinion you form about an event, as distinct from the event. Often the part that does the damage.
21 passages · 8 traditions
Buddhist
Confucian
PhilosophyA philosophical argument
Analects XII.4Sze-ma Niu asked about the superior man. The Master said, "The superior man has neither anxiety nor fear." "Being without anxiety or fear!" said Niu;—"does this constitute what we call the s…PhilosophyA philosophical argument
Analects XV.20–21The Master said, "What the superior man seeks, is in himself. What the mean man seeks, is in others." The Master said, "The superior man is dignified, but does not wrangle. He is sociable, b…PhilosophyA philosophical argument
Analects VI.9The Master said, "Admirable indeed was the virtue of Hui! With a single bamboo dish of rice, a single gourd dish of drink, and living in his mean narrow lane, while others could not have end…
Hindu
Jewish
ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Pirke Avot 1:14He used to say, "If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I care for myself only, what am I? And if not now, when?"…ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Pirke Avot 2:5Hillel said, "Separate not thyself from the congregation; trust not in thyself until the day of thy death; judge not thy neighbor until thou art come into his place; and say not anything whi…ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Pirke Avot 4:1Ben Zoma said, "Who is wise? He who learns from all men, as it is said, 'from all my teachers have I gotten understanding.' Who is mighty? He who controls his passions, as it is said, 'He th…
Research
Secular reflection
Stoic
PhilosophyA philosophical argument
Enchiridion IThere are things which are within our power, and there are things which are beyond our power. Within our power are opinion, aim, desire, aversion, and, in one word, whatever affairs are our…PracticeAn instruction for practice
Enchiridion IVWhen you set about any action, remind yourself of what nature the action is. If you are going to bathe, represent to yourself the incidents usual in the bath—some persons pouring out, others…PhilosophyA philosophical argument
Enchiridion VMen are disturbed not by things, but by the views which they take of things. Thus death is nothing terrible, else it would have appeared so to Socrates. But the terror consists in our notion…PhilosophyA philosophical argument
Enchiridion VIIIDemand not that events should happen as you wish; but wish them to happen as they do happen, and you will go on well.…PhilosophyA philosophical argument
Enchiridion XVIWhen you see anyone weeping for grief, either that his son has gone abroad or that he has suffered in his affairs, take care not to be overcome by the apparent evil, but discriminate and be…PracticeAn instruction for practice
Enchiridion XXILet death and exile, and all other things which appear terrible, be daily before your eyes, but death chiefly; and you will never entertain an abject thought, nor too eagerly covet anything.…PhilosophyA philosophical argument
Enchiridion XLIIWhen any person does ill by you, or speaks ill of you, remember that he acts or speaks from an impression that it is right for him to do so. Now it is not possible that he should follow what…PhilosophyA philosophical argument
Meditations II.1Begin the morning by saying to thyself, I shall meet with the busybody, the ungrateful, arrogant, deceitful, envious, unsocial. All these things happen to them by reason of their ignorance o…PhilosophyA philosophical argument
On the Shortness of Life, 1–2The greater part of mankind, my Paulinus, complains of the unkindness of Nature, because we are born only for a short space of time, and that this allotted period of life runs away so swiftl…PhilosophyA philosophical argument
On Peace of Mind, 17It also proves a fertile source of troubles if you take pains to conceal your feelings and never show yourself to anyone undisguised, but, as many men do, live an artificial life, in order t…