"All conflict is the result of inner conflict." -I Ching "The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but...

"There was once a farmer in ancient China who owned a horse. “You are so lucky!” his neighbors told him, “to have a horse to pull the...

"Physical strength is the most important thing in life. This is true whether we want it to be or not." -Mark Rippetoe Strength is the...

"I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom." -Bob Dylan "Everything can be...

"Practice doesn't make perfect; practice makes permanent." -Anonymous Somewhere deep in my brain a voice exists that demands perfection. ...

"Wind extinguishes a candle and energizes a fire." -Nassim Taleb A few years back I read a book called Antifragile: Things That Gain From...

In 1990s Robin Dunbar, a British anthropologist, developed a controversial theory about the upper reaches of the human brain for social...

"Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something." -TPB Temporarily ignore any negative associations with the...

When I was in grad school I had the pleasure of being taught by an exceptional teacher. Not only was he talented in the practice of...

An old Buddhist parable goes something like this: Two monks, one elder, one younger, were chatting quietly as they walked the old road...

Just the other day I was able to do something that I hadn't been able to do prior to this year. I did several handstand pushups in a row...

Language is one of the unique characteristics of being human. No other animal on the planet has the same command and diversity of verbal...

Ernest Hemingway, one of the most prolific American authors, had a habit of routinely leaving his work unfinished each night before bed. ...

"To sleep, perchance to dream, ay there's the rub. For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, when we have shuffled off this...

drug - "a medicine or substance that has a physiological effect when ingested or otherwise introduced into the body." The United States...

"Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also...

"There is no self to be dissolved, only the notion of self to be transcended." -Thich Nhat Hanh Self is a notion of separation from other...

Depression has been rising like a steady tide in modern times. Suicide rates are at an all time high. Doctors are prescribing...

Many wonderful projects begin with high hopes and sound intentions, but when progress grinds to a halt, those original feelings of...

"True power is not having to use it." -I Ching We live in a culture of action. One in which dogged determination and independent spirit...