October 2011
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“I must learn to love the fool in me — the one who feels too much, talks too...”
– Theodore I. Rubin, American psychiatrist and author
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“The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of...”
– John Milton, English poet, polemicist, and civil servant
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“Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress.”
– Thomas A. Edison, American scientist and entrepreneur
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“Ever since man has learned to give each part of the body a name, the body has...”
– Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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“Excitement, novelty, risk, the company of peers. These traits may seem to add up...”
– Beautiful Brains – illuminating National Geographic piece on new models for understanding the adolescent brain, a must-read for anyone trying to get, market to, or raise teenagers.
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“The cruelest lies are often told in silence.”
– Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist and poet
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“Beginning meditators often misunderstand what mindfulness meditation is and...”
– Mindfulness and Psychotherapy by Germer, Siegel and Fulton
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“If growing up is the process of creating ideas and dreams about what life should...”
– Mary Beth Danielson, American columnist and social worker
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“Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it...”
– Marilyn vos Savant, American lecturer and playwright
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“The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow...”
– Eden Phillpotts, English author, poet, and dramatist
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“Avoidance of discomfort is one of the most powerful drives in us, yet much of...”
– Ezra Bayda, Zen Heart: Simple Advice for Living with Mindfulness and Compassion
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“From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.”
– Arthur Ashe, professional tennis player and American philanthropist
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“To become intimate with someone means to meet that person or that being without...”
– Reb Anderson, Being Upright
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“You will notice that what we are aiming at when we fall in love is a very...”
– Woody Allen
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“We love to make ourselves complex, to contort ourselves, to twist and straighten...”
– Georges Valbert
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WatchLast week I saw Drive and I haven’t been able to get this song by Desire out of my head. My favorite movie reviewer, Stephanie Zacharek, gives a bit of a hint as to why:
If you’re thinking Driver is the quintessential laid-back selfless hero, cool as cool can be in the Steve McQueen mode, the kind of guy you’ve seen hundreds of times in good movies and in bad ones — you’re right. In fact,...
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“This grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never all...”
– John Muir, naturalist, explorer, and author
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