“Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them.” – Washington Irving Misfortunes are only missed fortunes when their values are misperceived. Great minds have the ability to perceive them as they truly are – challenges on the path to...

“All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.”  – Ralph Waldo Emerson The endeavor of an experiment is to test the validity of a hypothesis. One of the exhilarating aspects of life is that every day we are faced with a number of mysteries and...

“In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.”- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow It seems that we have developed in our society the rampant capacity to extremely complicate everything. As much as we might develop industries, products, and...

“The perception of beauty is a moral test.” – Henry David Thoreau All too often our society’s standard of beauty is gauged by whatever can be held by the staples in the folds of a magazine. We now poison our faces and surgically enhance our bodies to fit the mold of...

“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.” – Joseph Campbell No one else experiences this world the way that you do. Experience all that you can. No one fully appreciates the things in your life like you do. Appreciate them fully. No one gets to decide what course...