I contend it only takes one Evidence shows that it only takes one person to ruin a relationship one selfish person. Now, I realize that everyone is selfish to one degree or another. The type of selfishness that ruins relationships is the one that freequently disregards the needs,...
It is true that there are men who, on the approach of severe pain, hear the very opposite call of command, and never appear more proud, more martial, or more happy than when the storm is brewing; indeed, pain itself provides them with their supreme...
There were once five-and-twenty tin soldiers. They were all brothers, born of the same old tin spoon. They shouldered their muskets and looked straight ahead of them, splendid in their uniforms, all red and blue. The very first thing in the world that they heard was,...
He is free, whom none can hinder, the man who can deal with things as he wishes. But the man who can be hindered or compelled or fettered or driven into anything against his will, is a slave. And who is he whom none can...
It was Christmas Eve and although it was still afternoon, lights had begun to appear in the shops and houses of the little Russian village, for the short winter day was nearly over. Excited children scurried indoors and only muffled sounds of chatter and laughter...
Out in the woods stood such a pretty little fir tree. It grew in a good place, where it had plenty of sun and plenty of fresh air. Around it stood many tall comrades, both fir trees and pines. The little fir tree was in a...
Trust is not in someone, it is not a relationship. Trust is a quality in you. A man of trust ...
2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to: Mary E. Brunkow Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, USA Fred Ramsdell Sonoma Biotherapeutics, San Francisco, USA Shimon Sakaguchi Osaka University, Osaka, Japan “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance” They discovered how the immune system is kept in check The body’s powerful immune system must be regulated, or it...
Because deep down I glorified and gave the earth my trust, And never spread my secret wings to flee, But rooted deep in silence my soul unstintingly, Till the fresh waters once again came surging for my thirst, A spring of life, a dancing spring, my spring of ecstasy; Because...
Antoninus Pius, while imperfect, for the most part ruled with prudence, restraint, and moderation. More recently (and much less importantly), my friend and former Foundation for Economic Education president Larry Reed asked me to identify one good Roman emperor—besides Marcus Aurelius. I immediately felt a bit...
