It is a question of the spirit. Why are we a nation? We are a nation which must be built up according to a living idea, a great architecture of living people, which shall express the greatest truth of which we are capable… A bad spirit in a nation chooses a bad spirit in a governor. We must begin to choose all afresh, for the … [ Read more ]
Author: D.H. Lawrence | Source: The Marginalian (Brain Pickings) | Subject: Articles & Links
For certain fortunate people there is something which transcends all classifications of behavior, and that is awareness; something which rises above the programing of the past, and that is spontaneity; and something that is more rewarding than games, and that is intimacy. But all three of these may be frightening and even perilous to the unprepared.
Author: Eric Berne | Source: The Marginalian (Brain Pickings) | Subject: Articles & Links
It is not familiarity but comparison that breeds contempt.
Author: G. K. Chesterton | Source: The Marginalian (Brain Pickings) | Subject: Articles & Links
We live in a culture, and an economy, that seems practically designed to get us to pay attention to things we don’t especially value.
Author: James Surowiecki | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Articles & Links
How do people end up going along with corruption if their company is carrying out some kind of scam? The studies show that it’s always a step-by-step process. You accept one aspect of it: “Well, everybody else is keeping double books, so I can, too. That’s just what people do in this company, and it’s normal.” And then the next step is: “I’ll do this … [ Read more ]
Author: Anne Applebaum | Source: Vox | Subject: Articles & Links