How to Live
"We live for ourselves, only when we live for others." Leo Tolstoy in A Calendar of Wisdom The picture is...
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The Case for Immigration
"The case for allowing people to move is simply put: openness to newcomers is morally right, economically...
Words Seldom Seen: Polymath
Polymath Noun: A person with a very wide breadth of knowledge. Example: "We all agreed that her encyclopedic...
Somatization Disorder
"Somatization Disorder, formerly hypochondria, is to worry about a disease you don’t have and is itself a...
Happiness
"The Secret of Happiness?" "Enjoy small pleasures." Leo Tolstoy in A Calendar of...
Moving
"Generally people move to better themselves not bum off others." From Them and Us by Philippe...
Explaining
“We are increasingly populated by a class of people who are better at explaining than doing.” Nassim Taleb...
Words Seldom Seen: Scullion
Scullion Noun: a servant assigned the most menial kitchen tasks, typically washing the pots and...
Life
“Life is a brief interval of consciousness between two eternities of oblivion.” Theodore Dalrymple, Mass...
No Enemies
"Be strict in judging yourself and gentle in judging others, and you will have no enemies." Chinese Wisdom...
