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IF 50 MILLION PEOPLE SAY SOMETHING FOOLISH, IT IS STILL FOOLISH (ROLF DOBELLI)

You are on your way to a concert. At an intersection, you encounter a group of people, all staring at the sky. Without...

27 June, 2023

Nasty, brutish, and short (NIGEL WARBURTON)

Thomas Hobbes (1588—1679) was one of England's greatest political thinkers. What's less well known is that he was also an early fitness fanatic....

25 June, 2023

My wife tells me I ‘m kind of boring. What can I do? (OSHO)

Question 1: BELOVED MASTER, MY GIRLFRIEND TOLD ME I AM A LITTLE BORING, NOT VERY JUICY, VERY DEPENDENT AND A VICTIM. THEN I FELT VERY...

24 June, 2023

A bad father (PASCAL BRUCKNER)

It’s bedtime. Kneeling at the foot of my bed, head bowed, hands together, I murmur my prayer in a low voice. I’m ten....

23 June, 2023

The six swans (BROTHERS GRIMM)

Once upon a time, a certain King was hunting in a great forest, and he chased a wild beast so eagerly that none...

22 June, 2023

You do not have to become anybody else than who you already are because, in essence, you are already perfect. (MARIO ALONSO PUIG)

We have forgotten who we really are and consequently have taken on a new identity that leaves us empty inside, because it doesn’t...

21 June, 2023

For what is not to our interest mostly seems absurd to us (A. SCHOPENHAUER)

There is another trick which, as soon as it is practicable, makes all others unnecessary. Instead of working on your opponent's intellect by...

20 June, 2023

Don’t take anything personally (DON MIGUEL RUIZ)

Whatever happens around you, don’t take it personally. Using an earlier example, if I see you on the street and I say, “Hey, you...

19 June, 2023

I felt unable to go upstairs (HERMAN HESSE)

I felt unable to go upstairs. My life was wrecked. I thought vaguely of running away and never returning or of drowning myself. I sat...

18 June, 2023

What are the essential things that make a wife happy? (OSHO)

What are the essential things that make a wife happy?   I DON'T KNOW ABOUT WIVES. I'm single. You're asking the wrong person. But I have...

17 June, 2023