“To hold and fill to overflowing is not as good as to stop in time.” -Lao Tzu Miyamoto Musashi, Japan’s most celebrated swordsman, spent...

“So if you think your life is complete confusion Because your neighbors got it made Just remember that it's a Grand illusion And deep...

“Music is the silence between the notes.”  — Claude Debussy On June 11, 1963, Malcolm Browne, a reporter with the Associated Press,...

desiderata- (Latin) things desired; things to be wished for Desiderata By Max Ehrmann (1927) Go placidly amid the noise and the haste,...

decide: ( Latin : decidere , “to cut away”) On June 1, 1945, President Truman faced one of the toughest decisions that a human being...

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” —...

“The bad news is you’re falling through the air, nothing to hang on to, no parachute. The good news is, there’s no ground.” — Chögyam...

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” -Seneca One of the oldest creation myths from Egypt tells the story of...

Divide the universe into pieces— It may fit within the hand. Reduce infinity to a single word, The ideal into a how-to plan. The mind...

“The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.” — Bruce Lee In the Daoist classic Zhuangzi, there’s a story about a butcher...

"Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an action and you reap a habit."— Ralph Waldo Emerson Each and every word has a spirit—a type...

“Man is condemned to be free.” – Jean-Paul Sartre Life is a canvas of agency. Every creature has needs it strives to satisfy—hunger,...

“The world always seems brighter when you’ve just made something that wasn’t there before.” – Neil Gaiman In 1968, Paul Ehrlich wrote...

“A good story is always more convincing than a good analysis.” — Dani Rodrik Although only about 5% of the world’s population are native...

"If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." -Sir Isaac Newton Patriarchy. The mere mention of the word evokes...

“We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom.” -E.O. Wilson There are potentially an infinite number of facts to describe...

“He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.” — Socrates There once was a Japanese...

"You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take." — Wayne Gretzky No matter how much we try to deny it, life involves risk. Every day we are...

"Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes." -Carl Jung On September 9, 1965, Commander James Stockdale was shot down while...

"To change the world around us, we need to change ourselves first." -C. Joybell C. The I Ching , or Book of Changes , is often recognized...