Permaculture is an integrated, evolving system of perennial and self-perpetuating plants and animal species useful to man..
As with Hobbes, we see again, the power of fiction. Rousseau's acount of natural man was no more real than Hobbes's, but following the same pattern, ….
I feel passionately about how I express myself. Language is the greatest motivating force. You can phrase something positively and inspire people to ….
Chess is a good way to learn, to keep your brain fit and the ego in check, a mental form of your local gymnasium. Those who see chess merely as a mea….
Sam: “You—you greatly overestimate my self-control.” Grace: “I’m not looking for self-control..
Humility was considered a great virtue in my family household. No show of complacency or self-satisfaction was ever tolerated. Patting yourself on th….
Religion, like poetry, is not a mere idea, it is expression. The self-expression of God is in the endless variety of creation; and our attitude towar….
Satire of satire tends to be self-canceling, and deliberate shock tactics soon lose their ability to shock, especially when they're too deliberate..
Everyone wants to be strong and self sufficient, but few are willing to put in the work necessary to achieve worthy goals..
Our self (Soul) is maya (an illusion) where it is merely individual and finite, where it considers its separateness as absolute; it is satyam (truth)….
The best form of self defense is to become invisible... If you can't do that learn Wing Chun!.
Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which enhances our ….
The individualism of American life, to our glory and despair, creates anger and encourages its release; for when everything is possible, limitations ….
To deny our pasts is to burn the bridge we must cross to self-understanding..
I wanted her to see that the only life worth living is a life full of love; that loss is always part of the equation; that love and loss conjoined ar….
What is the meaning of 'gossip?' Doesn't it originate with sympathy, an interest in one's neighbor, degenerating into idle curiosity and love of tatt….
My friends tell me that I've calmed down, that I seem more centered. I don't know, I think my inner self was more hollow before, which made me more s….
Life in itself is sufficient, self-explanatory and complete..
A self that goes on changing is a self that goes on living..
The UN should arrange, as US forces leave, for an international group of peacekeepers and negotiators from the Arab countries to bring together Shiit….
There are very many characteristics which go into making a model civil servant. Prominent among them are probity, industry, good sense, good habits, ….