If we submit everything to reason our religion will be left with nothing mysterious or supernatural. If we offend the principles of reason our religion will be absurd and ridiculous. – Blaise Pascal Despite being the greatest and most influential mind in human history, Isaac Newton, by all accounts, was a bit of a headcase. …
Are there no other stories in the world except yours; and are all men busy with your business? You would begin to be interested in them, because they were not interested in you. You would break out of this tiny and tawdry theatre in which your own little plot is always being played, and you …
A few months ago I posted a few true stories regarding famous musicians who came back from failure or adversity. * This singer/songwriter auditioned unsuccessfully for “American Idol” twice and on her second try she even sang her original song, “Bubbly.” Her name was Colbie Caillat and “Bubbly” eventually become a huge international hit. Ironically, …
In a recent interview with Walt Bettinger, CEO of Charles Schwab, Adam Bryant of The New York Times, said that Bettinger talked about one of the biggest career lessons he ever learned. It was in a business strategy course his senior year of college, he tells Bryant. Bettinger had maintained a 4.0 average all the way through …
Mysticism keeps men sane. As long as you have mystery you have health; when you destroy mystery you create morbidity. The ordinary man has always been sane because the ordinary man has always been a mystic. He has permitted the twilight. He has always had one foot in earth and the other in fairyland. He …