Ralph Steadman May 15, 1936 -) Stuff your eyes with wonder... live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.
George Leonard On Mastery
George Leonard (August 09, 1923 - January 06, 2010) It resists definition yet can be instantly recognized. It comes in many varieties, yet follows certain unchanging laws. It brings rich rewards, yet is not really a goal or a destination but rather a process, a journey. We call this journey mastery, and tend to assume …
Rollo May On Solitude
Rollo Reese May (April 21, 1909 – October 22, 1994) In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone.
Charles M Blow On Is Trump a Rapist?
Charles McRay Blow (August 11, 1970 -) This president (Donald Trump) acts as if he is above the law, or is the law. He lies and he cheats and he bullies. He is hateful and rude and racist. He talks about women to whom he is attracted as if they’re objects to be possessed and …
Carl Jung On Myth
Carl G Jung (July 26, 1875 – June 06, 1961) What we are to our inward vision, and what man appears to be sub specie aeternitatis, can only be expressed by way of myth. Myth is more individual and expresses life more precisely than does science...The only question is whether what I tell is my fable, …
David Miliband On Lies
David Miliband (July 15, 1965 -) Constraints on the abuse of power are being weakened internationally and nationally. This cannot continue. Those who can must speak out plainly – and truthfully – or be complicit in a world of lies.
Tim Kreider On Mortality
Tim Kreider (February 25, 1967 -) The hope of being remembered by getting your name on a book or a cornerstone, a disease or a species, an equation or a star, is no less pitiful and silly than any other stratagem to outsmart mortality, from having children to invading nations. Per Woody Allen: “I don’t …
