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Studying literature at Harvard is like learning about women at the Mayo clinic.
Studying literature at Harvard is like learning about women at the Mayo clinic.
Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where read more
Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.
If everybody thought before they spoke, the silence would be deafening.
If everybody thought before they spoke, the silence would be deafening.
Man must get his thoughts, words and actions out of this vast moral jungle. We are not predators. We are, read more
Man must get his thoughts, words and actions out of this vast moral jungle. We are not predators. We are, hopefully, more than instinctive killers and selfish brutes. Why take such a dim view of our potentialities and capabilities?
Humans have the ability to shift perspective. We can experience the world through our senses. Or we can remove ourselves read more
Humans have the ability to shift perspective. We can experience the world through our senses. Or we can remove ourselves from our senses and experience the world even less directly. We can think about our life, rather than thinking in our life. We can think about what we think about our life, and we can think about what we think about that. We can shift perceptual positions many times over.
He who angers you conquers you.
He who angers you conquers you.
To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, read more
To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports; when we succeed; it betrays us.
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of read more
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials. . -Lin Yutang.
The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.
The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.
