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And friendship needs no marriage because friendship is far higher. (OSHO)

As you go through a few relationships you start becoming aware of what kind of woman, what kind of man is going to...

24 September, 2019

Whatever the ordeal a person may experience, the indicators of satisfaction quickly return to their initial levels. (Homo Economicus – Daniel Cohen)

Another fundamental trait of human nature is its incredible capacity for adaptation. Polar bears and brown bears form two distinct species. Humans, by...

01 September, 2019

Prisoner’s dilemma

The prisoner's dilemma is a standard example of a game analyzed in game theory that shows why two completely "rational" individuals might not cooperate, even if it...

15 August, 2019

The halo effect (ROLPH DOBELLI)

The halo effect always works the same way: we take a simple-to-obtain or remarkable fact or detail, such as a company’s ﬁnancial situation,...

14 August, 2019

The Archimedes Cattle Problem (KEITH DEVLIN)

In the third century BC, the famous Greek mathematician Archimedes issued a challenge to the Alexandrian mathematicians, headed by Eratosthenes. Written in the...

07 August, 2019

Jealousy is comparison (OSHO)

Jealousy is comparison. And we have been taught to compare, we have been conditioned to compare, always compare. Somebody else has a better...

04 August, 2019

What can guide us? Only philosophy. (MARCUS AURELIUS)

Human life. Duration: momentary. Nature: changeable. Perception: dim. Condition of Body: decaying. Soul: spinning around. Fortune: unpredictable. Lasting Fame: uncertain. Sum Up: The body...

03 August, 2019

If we can see ourselves the way we are, that is the first step toward self-acceptance (DON MIGUEL RUIZ)

If we can see ourselves the way we are, that is the first step toward self-acceptance – toward stopping the self-rejection. Once we...

02 August, 2019

The phenomenon of money we do not earn with toll. (ROLPH DOBELLI)

A windy fall day in the early 1980s. The wet leaves swirled about the sidewalk. Pushing my bike up the hill to school,...

01 August, 2019

But remember: I’m aging. So don’t wait too long (Irvin D. Yalom) | Part B’

“I fly to Odessa tonight,” she said as we began the following day, “and I slept so poorly because of you that I’m...

28 July, 2019