East vs. West: the myths that mystify.
Devdutt Pattanaik takes an eye-opening look at the myths of India and of the West — and shows how these two fundamentally different sets of beliefs about God, death and heaven help us consistently misunderstand one another.
If you like this video, you will probably like this one as well.
And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
Kahlil Gibran
Career Anxiety: in this witty and insightful talk, Alain de Botton examines our ideas of success and failure — and questions the assumptions underlying these two judgments.
Reprendre les agitateurs.
Encourager les timides.
Prendre en pitié les faibles.
Raisonner les opposants.
Se méfier des simulateurs.
Instruire les illettrés.
Secouer les paresseux.
Retenir les querelleurs.
Apaiser les belligérants.
Aider les pauvres.
Libérer les opprimés.
Soutenir les bons.
Supporter les méchants.
- Eh, oui mais – les aimer, tous.
St Augustin
Interesting article on the correlation between I.Q. and education by Nicholas D. KRISTOF in the NY Times.
If intelligence were deeply encoded in our genes, that would lead to the depressing conclusion that neither schooling nor antipoverty programs can accomplish much. Yet while this view of I.Q. as overwhelmingly inherited has been widely held, the evidence is growing that it is, at a practical level, profoundly wrong.
Chris Abani is a very impressive guy. His 17 minute talk is funny, insightful and hard to listen to.
What makes us cheat?
Interesting experiments on what influences people’s tendency to cheat.
How to Raise Our I.Q.
Interesting article on the correlation between I.Q. and education by Nicholas D. KRISTOF in the NY Times. If intelligence were deeply encoded in our genes, that would lead to the depressing conclusion that neither schooling nor antipoverty programs can accomplish much. Yet while this view of I.Q. as overwhelmingly inherited has been widely held, the evidence is growing that it is, at a practical level, profoundly wrong.
The Guest House
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they are a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.The dark thought, the shame, the malice.
meet them at the door laughing and invite them in.Be grateful for whatever comes.
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.
Jelaluddin Rumi (found on www.gratefulness.org )
Never try to be better than someone else! Words of wisdom from an old man who seems to have lived a righteous life with good values; very inspiring … I tracked down the poem he recites: The ROAD AHEAD or the ROAD BEHIND.
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