Happy New Year 2025
When an 18 years old youth asked the famous writer Herman Hesse (Siddharta) what he would recommend as the most important life advice, Hesse responded with a quote from Confucius:
loyalty to one's self and charity to one's neighbours
I will not wish you good luck for this or any upcoming New Year's Eve. I don’t believe luck to be a necessary ingredient for success. Instead, I wish you the wisdom to make good decisions. Have the courage to live a life true to yourself, not the life others expect of you.
I will not wish you good luck for this or any upcoming New Year's Eve. I don’t believe luck to be a necessary ingredient for success. Instead, I wish you the wisdom to make good decisions. Have the courage to live a life true to yourself, not the life others expect of you.