Turns out, aging rears its salt-and-peppered head in intangible ways sooner than it does in imperfections of the skin.
Philosophical Sh*t
Sonder is the humbling realization that, despite all your efforts to master the main character cocktail, everyone is the main character of their own lives.
The issue with this kind of erotic entertainment isn’t necessarily the sexual acts depicted, but rather the issues of consent and power dynamics underlying mainstream porn.
The idea that we live in a digital simulation is being taken seriously by a number of academics.
Dreams are not just useful as a barometer to measure people’s negative emotions. They can also be used to improve our mental health.
Street smarts and book smarts are equally important traits to the pursuit of your career, since the ability to make sense of information contained in books and documents requires formal education as well as common sense.
True love is based on the simple things in life, like going out of your way to make that special someone happy.
The creation of incredible art often goes hand in hand with individuals who behave outside the norm. What is it about these “insane” artists that allows them to create such masterpieces?
When I raise my right arm, it is an act of free will or simply a biological impulse? This question, posed by the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, is an example of an age-old debate in modern philosophy: Does free will exist?
I believe nurture has a bigger influence on our personalities. Because nature just makes us something physical—a man, a woman, big, small, short, tall—but nurture is what makes us unique under the surface.
According to recent studies, it turns out money does play a substantial role in helping one achieve a certain level of contentment.
Failure can do one of two things: it’ll either give you an incomparable amount of motivation that’ll eventually lead to greater things, or you’ll be satisfied with the simple act of trying.
In my experience, the best kinds of friends act as mirrors. They are the ones who recognize the sparks of brilliance that you have inside you and help ignite that flame, turning it into a burning fire that pushes you forward in life.
If you ask me, it is a far bigger loss to never love than it is to love and then lose it.
The answer depends less on either of these qualities than what one means in terms of “better.”
The act of coping with and overcoming adversity is something that defines us as individuals and leads us on the path toward a greater sense of self-worth.
