“The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.”
~ Epicurus
Hannah Arendt on Life
This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.
~ Hannah Arendt
Seneca on Hope
“Weigh carefully your hopes as well as your fears, and whenever all the elements are in doubt, decide in your own favour; believe what you prefer.”
~ Seneca
Bernard Arnault on the Past
“I hate the past. What interests me is the future. Have a chocolate.”
~ Bernard Arnault / Lunch with the FT, 22nd June 2019