December 2011
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October 2011
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“Nous n’avons besoin de morale que faute d’amour.”
– André Comte-Sponville
September 2011
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“Stanley Kubrick on Life Playboy: If life is so purposeless, do you feel its...”
– Stanley Kubrick in interview for Playboy, Stanley Kubrick Interviews, University Press of Mississippi, 2001, p.73 (via amiquote)
August 2011
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“Love me when I least deserve it,
because that’s when I really need it.”
– Swedish proverb
“I have never thought of writing for reputation and honor. What I have in my...”
– Ludwig van Beethoven
July 2011
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“Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose...”
– Hasidic Saying
June 2011
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“A friend is one to whom you can pour out the contents of your heart, chaff and...”
May 2011
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Contemplative Computing →
Interesting blog on the subject of contemplation and how it relates to our modern computing habits.
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“We spend money we don’t have on things we don’t need to create...”
– Tim Jackson, professor of sustainable development at the University of Surrey
March 2011
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“The reality of the society that we’re in is that there are thousands and...”
– Nigel Marsh
February 2011
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January 2011
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“The real world, whether we like it or not, is right here, right now. All of...”
– “Second Helpings” by Megan Mcaffery (via julie911)
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Coaching the Uncoachable →
Good article about what coaching really is and why you cannot just “trick” your way into it.
December 2010
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October 2010
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The Panther
His vision, from the constantly passing bars, has grown so weary that it cannot hold anything else. It seems to him there are a thousand bars; and behind the bars, no world.
As he paces in cramped circles, over and over, the movement of his powerful soft strides is like a ritual dance around a center in which a mighty will stands paralyzed.
Only at times, the curtain of the pupils lifts,...
September 2010
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“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering...”
– Tao Te Ching
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Gestalt Theory of Change →
An article that manages to make Gestalt’s paradoxical theory of change understandable.
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“we accept the love we think we deserve”
– The Perks Of Being A Wallflower (via quote-book)
August 2010
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“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime...”
– Winston Churchill
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“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of...”
– Mary Anne Radmacher (via quote-book)
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George Gray
I have studied many times The marble which was chiseled for me— A boat with a furled sail at rest in a harbor. In truth it pictures not my destination But my life. For love was offered me and I shrank from its disillusionment; Sorrow knocked at my door, but I was afraid; Ambition called to me, but I dreaded the chances. Yet all the while I hungered for meaning in my life. And now I know that we...
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“No one retires at night with deep satisfaction, unless they have measured their...”
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“If you’re going through hell, keep going.”
– Winston Churchill (via rainier) (via quote-book)
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The Acceleration of Addictiveness →
Another good article by Paul Graham.
Topic: How to stay healthy and productive in an increasingly addictive world.
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“I think that what we are seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our...”
– Joseph Campbell (via favouritequotes)
July 2010
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“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs.
Ask yourself what makes you come alive...”
– John Eldredge (via favouritequotes)
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Solitude and Leadership: an article by William... →
In his talk at West Point, American author William Deresiewicz delivers very profound messages about solitude, friendship and leadership.
June 2010
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May 2010
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WatchBenjamin Zander talks with great passion about classical music and life on TED
March 2010
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WatchDaniel Kahneman on TED: The riddle of experience vs. memory
“Nobel laureate and founder of behavioral economics Daniel Kahneman reveals how our “experiencing selves” and our “remembering selves” perceive happiness differently.”
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25 things I wish I knew when I was 20 →
Wisdom from experience.
“The older I get, the smarter my parents get”
February 2010
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Charles J. Sykes: Some rules kids won't learn in... →
About youth and the sense of entitlement.
Part of this essay speaks of a typical US problem, part of it speaks of a generational problem that has been around since the dawn of mankind, still there is an important message for young people who’ve not known the hardships of growing up before the sixties.
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January 2010
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WatchEast 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...”
– Kahlil Gibran
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WatchCareer 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...”
– St Augustin
July 2009
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How to raise your IQ →
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...
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WatchChris Abani is a very impressive guy. His 17 minute talk is funny, insightful and hard to listen to.
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WatchWhat makes us cheat?
Interesting experiments on what influences people’s tendency to cheat.
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“The Guest House
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new...”
– Jelaluddin Rumi (found on www.gratefulness.org )
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WatchNever 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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“IF
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and...”
– Rudyard Kipling.
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How to be an artist
Poem by Joseph Beuys. English version (freely translated by myself):
Let yourself fall. Learn to observe snakes. Plant impossible gardens Let someone dangerous in for tea. Make small Signs that say “yes” and spread them all over your house. Become a friend of freedom and uncertainty. Look forward to dreaming. Cry at the movies. Swing as high as you can on a swing at moonlight. Maintain...
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What it is
Poem by Erick Fried. English version:
It is madness says reason It is what it is says love It is unhappiness says caution It is nothing but pain says fear It has no future says insight It is what it is says love It is ridiculous says pride It is foolish says caution It is impossible says experience It is what it is says love.
Original version:
Es ist Unsinn sagt die Vernunft Es ist was...