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Look in the mirror (JOHN C. MAXWELL)

A few years ago when I traveled to New Zealand to do a conference, I stayed in a hotel in Christchurch. One evening...

16 June, 2023

The flea (KURT TUCHOLSKY)

English Version: I´m going to write about one of the short stories included in the book "Kurz und Buendig,Die schnellesten Geschichten der Welt (...

15 June, 2023

Chauffeur Knowledge (ROLF DOBELLI)

After receiving the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1918, Max Planck went on tour across Germany. Wherever he was invited, he delivered the...

14 June, 2023

Did Sardanapalus really exist?

Sardanapalus (/ˌsɑːrdəˈnæpələs/; sometimes spelled Sardanapallus) was, according to the Greek writer Ctesias, the last king of Assyria, although in actuality Ashur-uballit II (612–605...

13 June, 2023

Self-awareness and soul diligently (PLATO)

Men of Athens, I honor and love you; but I shall obey God rather than you, and while I have life and strength...

10 June, 2023

How can they know me? It is impossible—they have not even known themselves yet. (OSHO)

One day it happened: I was in Jaipur and a man came in the morning to see me, and he said, "You are...

09 June, 2023

  Accordingly as your power is great or small, the judgments of a court will whiten or blacken your reputation (JEAN DE LA FONTAINE)

One of those dread evils which spread terror far and wide, and which Heaven, in its anger, ordains for the punishment of wickedness...

08 June, 2023

«THE PLAGUE» (ALBERT CAMUS)

[…] Thus week by week the prisoners of plague put up what fight they could. Some, like Rambert, even contrived to fancy they were...

07 June, 2023

The Harlow experiment that demonstrated the power of love (LAUREN SLATER)

Harry Harlow’s experiments with wire monkeys are central demonstrations in the psychology of attachment. Harlow was able to show that infant monkeys cared...

06 June, 2023

The pains of Virgin Mary (KOSTAS VARNALIS)

Where shall I hide you, my Son so that t bad people could not reach you in which island of the ocean which deserted peak? I will...

05 June, 2023