The Tension

It is the tension between creativity and skepticism that has produced the stunning and unexpected findings of science.

Carl Sagan

I Have Little

It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do a little.

Author Sydney Smith

Needy Relationships

It is only when we no longer compulsively need someone that we can have a real relationship with them.

Anothony Storr

Unhappy Marriage

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Giving.. Pardoning.. Dying

It is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, it is in dying that we are born again to eternal life.

St Francis of Assisi

Meeting of the Minds

There's a scientific evidence that backs up the claim that we "click" with some people during a engaging conversation. Brain scans of a speaker and listener showed synchronizing during storytelling. So, there may be a neurological truth to the idea of being on the same wavelength. A special type of MRI device showed that speaking and listening used common rather than separate neural subsystems inside each brain. In fact, during a good conversation, people will unconsciously begin imitating each other, using similar sentence structures, speaking rates, and physical gestures and postures. Listeners can get so tuned in that they can even begin to anticipate what the speaker is about to say. Details are in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal.

Stephen Goforth

Running the Race

It is how far we get from the starting line that matters.

Living Rich

It is better to live rich, than to die rich.

Samuel Johnson

People Pleasing

It is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.

William Boetcker

Using and Loving

It is a law of human life as certain as gravity: To live fully, we must learn to use things and love people.. not love things and use people.

Productivity

Is this trip really necessary?

Childhood Pain

Injustice is the most painful hurt in childhood.

Charles Dickens

At the Core

In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Albert Einstein

Slaves in a Consumer Society

In a consumer society, there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addictions and the prisoners of envy.

Ivan Illich