"In times of change learners inherit the earth while the learned find themselves beautifully equiped to deal with a world that no longer exists!"

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Hidden away in the centre of Paris, amongst the ornate facades and wide leading boulevards, are several covered arcades, filled with shops, boutiques and restaurants. Today I visited the Passage du Grand

"Live out your life in truth and justice, tolerant of those who are neither true nor just."Marcus Aurelius#philosophy #stoicism #mindfulness

"How quickly things disappear: in the universe the bodies themselves, but in time the memory of them."Marcus Aurelius#philosophy #stoicism #mindfulness

"It is not events that disturb people, it is their judgements concerning them."Marcus Aurelius#philosophy #stoicism #mindfulness

"It’s silly to try to escape other people’s faults. They are inescapable. Just try to escape your own."Marcus Aurelius#philosophy #stoicism #mindfulness

"Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking."Marcus Aurelius#philosophy #stoicism #mindfulness

“If it is not right, do not do it, if it is not true, do not say it.”Marcus Aurelius#philosophy #stoicism # midfulness

"Today I escaped from anxiety. Or no, I discarded it, because it was within me, in my own perceptions — not outside." Marcus Aurelius

"If you are pained by any external thing, it is not this thing that disturbs you, but your own judgement about it. And it is in your power to wipe out this judgement now." Marcus Aurelius #philosophy #stoicism

“It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.”Marcus Aurelius#philosophy #stoicism #mindfulness

“If a man knows not which port he sails, no wind is favourable.”Seneca#philosophy #stoicism #mindfulness

"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love."Marcus Aurelius#philosophy

"You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."Marcus Aurelius#philosophy #stoicism #Aurelius

"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth."Marcus Aurelius#philosophy #stoicism #mindfulness

On the Dalveen pass in Southern Scotland there is an ancient Roman road that connects the villages of Elvanfoot and Durisdeer. The pathway remains remarkably intact as it winds through the beautiful purple

Looking out from the viewing platform at the far end of the atrium one was able to see, when the sky had darkened and only a faint orange rim remained around the horizon, the stars emerge onto the sky,

It is a spectacular drive to St. Mary's Loch in southern Scotland which takes you along winding single track roads between farmhouses and smallholdings and across the the stunning glacial landscape. The