In ancient times, the qualities that connected jade gemstones and gentlemen were used to discipline and inspire scholars and officials alike. The ancient Chinese used metaphors to refer to and muse about emotional or spiritual states. ...
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” In one immortally recognized line, Jane Austin opens her iconic masterpiece and ...
If somebody verbally attacks you, criticizes you or humiliates you, how do you choose to react? Are you likely to react with anger, become furious and perhaps scold them? Act with self-restraint and calmly accept ...
Sometimes the hardest lessons to learn are the ones that end up meaning the most to us. And sometimes the best way to learn is from somebody else’s example. Two fables passed down through generations ...
Where did Socrates, the foundational figure of Western philosophy, get the inspiration for his original ideas about truth, love, justice, courage and knowledge? New research I’ve conducted reveals that as a young man in 5th-century ...
It’s a commonly held belief that only children can learn from adults. Albeit that can be true, it is also true that if adults changed their perspective, they would discover that there is a lot ...
In the year 1900, the American scholar Albert Edward Winship conducted a study entitled “Jukes-Edwards: A Study in Education and Heredity,” involving two families. The family of Jonathan Edwards were staunch followers of Christianity; Jukes, ...
Western religions put a particular emphasis on the teachings of repentance, confession, and forgiveness. Christianity, for example, values these principles far more than it pays attention to the act of the sinner. All can be ...
Japan has endured a chequered history. Experiencing a devastating collapse after World War II, the country has gradually and painstakingly restored itself into the great nation and dignified culture that we know and love today. What ...
My happiest times in childhood were spent reading the books of E. Nesbit, C.S. Lewis and Joan Aiken. Preferring to read in hidden corners where nobody could find me, I immersed myself completely in these ...
Crabby crab is my four-year-old son Fisher’s imaginary friend. Crabby appeared on a holiday in Norway by scuttling out of his ear after a night of tears from an earache. Like other childhood imaginary friends, ...
A wealthy businessman was longing for the day that his frivolous son would be mature enough to succeed him. But the businessman’s aspiration was met with nothing besides indifference from his son. The young son ...
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