“Before Enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After Enlightenment, chop wood, carry water." -Zen proverb For better or worse, we are all...

polemitics- (noun) The art or science of using controversy and polarization in the governing of a political entity, such as a nation, and...

Doctor is a title that elicits a variety of emotions. Depending on who you are talking with, it could command respect and honor...or it...

“The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you’re uncool." - Almost Famous As as much as we...

non bis in idem - (Latin) "not twice in the same thing" In the legal system 'double jeopardy' is a defense used to prevent someone from...

“An error-free world would have no penicillin, no chemotherapy… almost no drugs, and most probably no humans. This is why I have been...

Everything succumbs to gravity, The weakest of fundamental forces, On the scale of time and space, It outlasts and thus overcomes, By...

“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. The latter procedure, however, is...

" Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so. The only chance is to treat, not happiness, but some end external to it, as...

"All that we are is a result of what we have thought." -Buddha The idea of manifestation can be triggering. Annoying for some people--too...

“Restraint is the better part of valor.” - Henry IV, Part 1 Power comes in many forms. ‘Power over’ and ‘power to’ are the two...

A feeling like something you once knew, That comes in the night while you sleep, And hides during the day in plain view, In the eyes of...

"Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, Simplify." -Henry David Thoreau On January 15, 2009 at 3:26pm, US Airways Flight 1549...

“The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte Victory is complicated. There...

Work = Force x Distance Work holds a sacred space in the American psyche. In many ways what we do has become equivalent to who we are....

"There is nothing in the whole world which abides. All things are in a state of ebb and flow, and every shadow passes away. Even time...

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“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.” ~Aristotle We have all heard of the Seven Deadly Sins (in order: pride, greed, lust, envy,...

“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.” ~Benjamin...

“Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.“ ~Helen Keller Trace a line far enough...