Day by day

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  1. Day 062On the price printed on the ticket1 November 2026James BaldwinChange“Any real change implies the breakup of the world as one has always known it.”
  2. Day 061On the thing that arrives early31 October 2026EpictetusAnxiety“It is not death or pain that is to be feared, but the fear of pain or death.”
  3. Day 060On a road you cannot see30 October 2026Thomas MertonUncertainty“My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me.”
  4. Day 059On knowing until asked29 October 2026Augustine of HippoTime“What then is time? If no one asks me, I know; if I wish to explain it to one who asks, I know not.”
  5. Day 058On the sum nobody adds up28 October 2026Annie DillardTime“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”
  6. Day 057On waking up unsure which one27 October 2026ZhuangziSelf-knowledge“I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.”
  7. Day 056On the wisdom that has no floor26 October 2026T. S. EliotHumility“The only wisdom we can hope to acquire is the wisdom of humility: humility is endless.”
  8. Day 055On the one response nobody predicts25 October 2026Hannah ArendtForgiveness“Forgiving is the only reaction which does not merely re-act, but acts anew and unexpectedly.”
  9. Day 054On paying twice for one thing24 October 2026Michel de MontaigneAnxiety“He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.”
  10. Day 053On wealth measured by omission23 October 2026Henry David ThoreauSimplicity“A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.”