Melancholy There is melancholy and then there is a melancholy filled with an awareness and appreciation of the vast complexity and expansiveness of reality.
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Melancholy There is melancholy and then there is a melancholy filled with an awareness and appreciation of the vast complexity and expansiveness of reality.
Read moreTruth is Like a Lion “The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.” – Augustine Augustine (354-430) gets a bad rap, and for good reason given his obsessively prudish […]
Read moreEpicurus on Happiness “We must, therefore, pursue the things that make for happiness, seeing that when happiness is present, we have everything; but when it is absent, we do everything to possess it.” – Epicurus Epicurus is one of the […]
Read moreSeriously, you have no right to be bored. If you feel bored, the fault is yours. Sorry, but it’s true. Stop whining and start living.
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Read moreTeddy Roosevelt on the Senate When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer ‘Present’ or ‘Not guilty.’ – President Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was President of the United States from […]
Read moreIn a short story that Dr. Seuss would have appreciated, the often philosophical Babylon 5 puts in stark relief the stupidity of bigotry. Babylon 5, Susan Ivanova, and the Drazi Teach a Lesson in Bigotry.
Read moreEyes Are Useless When the Mind is Blind – Unknown
Read moreEducate Women If you educate a man, you educate an individual, but if you educate a woman, you educate a nation. Half the Sky Movement
Read moreOur minds must relax: they will rise better and keener after a rest. Just as you must not force fertile farmland, as uninterrupted productivity will soon exhaust it, so constant effort will sap our mental vigour, while a short […]
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