The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as poverty was before, the result of natural scarcity, but of a set of priorities imposed upon the rest of the world by the rich. Consequently, the modern poor are not pitied but written off as trash. The twentieth-century consumer economy has produced the first culture for which a beggar is a reminder of nothing.
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Live every day as if it were your last, because one of these days, it will be.
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Sometimes in our confusion, we see not the world as it is, but the world though eyes blurred by the read more
Sometimes in our confusion, we see not the world as it is, but the world though eyes blurred by the mind.
Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have.
Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have.
Every moment of your life is infinitely creative and the universe is endlessly bountiful. Just put forth a clear enough read more
Every moment of your life is infinitely creative and the universe is endlessly bountiful. Just put forth a clear enough request, and everything your heart desires must come to you.
Self-revelation is a cruel process. The real picture, the real "you" never emerges. Looking for it is as bewildering as read more
Self-revelation is a cruel process. The real picture, the real "you" never emerges. Looking for it is as bewildering as trying to know how you really look. Ten different mirrors show you ten different faces.
In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is so constituted as to maximize play. The best read more
In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is so constituted as to maximize play. The best games are not those in which all goes smoothly and steadily toward a certain conclusion, but those in which the outcome is always in doubt. Similarly, the geometry of life is designed to keep us at the point of maximum tension between certainty and uncertainty, order and chaos. Every important call is a close one. We survive and evolve by the skin of our teeth. We really wouldn't want it any other way.
You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by read more
You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. - Mahfouz.
The basic difference between being assertive and being aggressive is how our words and behavior affect the rights and well read more
The basic difference between being assertive and being aggressive is how our words and behavior affect the rights and well being of others.
Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?.
Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?.
