January 2011
“You are constantly told in depression that your judgment is compromised, but a...”
– Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression (via psychotherapy)
Well-spoken.
“Happiness comes from within. It is not dependent on external things or on other...”
– Brian Weiss (via 117elevenseven)
“I have never looked for dream in reality or reality in dream. I have allowed my...”
– Gustave Moreau (via nathanielstuart)
“To me, the explanation of life seems to be its melody, its pattern. And I feel...”
– Karen Blixen (via nathanielstuart)
“Man needs to go outside himself in order to find repose and reveal himself.”
– Jose Marti (via nathanielstuart)
“That’s what learning is, after all; not whether we lose the game, but how we...”
– Richard Bach (via thresca)
The Neuroscience of Music (Frontal Cortex) →
psychotherapy:
Why does music make us feel? On the one hand, music is a purely abstract art form, devoid of language or explicit ideas. The stories it tells are all subtlety and subtext. And yet, even though music says little, it still manages to touch us deep, to tickle some universal nerves. When listening to our favorite songs, our body betrays all the symptoms of emotional arousal. The...
“Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of...”
– Ayn Rand (via nathanielstuart)
“The sea is emotion incarnate. It loves, hates, and weeps. It defies all attempts...”
– Christopher Paolini (via 117elevenseven)
“When ego is lost, limit is lost. You become infinite, kind, beautiful.”
– Yogi Bhajan (via elige)
“God always speaks to us; it’s a human conceit to assume He’d do so in so paltry...”
– Kargaos, Spring (via nathanielstuart)
“… And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.”
– J.K. Rowling (via fornowjustcarryon)
“All the secrets of the world are contained in books. Read at your own risk.”
– Lemony Snicket (via libraryland)
“The world and the universe is an extremely beautiful place, and the more we...”
– Richard Dawkins (via nathanielstuart)
“You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.”
– Buddha (via ageofreason)
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and...”
– Martin Luther King Jr. (via quotewhore)
WatchNew Scientist TV: Malaria caught on camera breaking and entering cell
This is really cool.
Creativity determines sexual success, research... →
psychotherapy:
The more creative a person is, the more sexual partners they are likely to have, according to a pioneering study which could explain the behaviour of notorious womanisers such as poets Lord Byron and Dylan Thomas.
The research, by the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and the Open University in the UK, found that professional artists and poets have around twice as many sexual...
“When you look at the world in a narrow way, how narrow it seems! When you look...”
– Horace Rutledge (via elige)
“There is a desert on the moon where the dreamer sinks so deeply into the ground...”
– Jung, Man and His Symbols (via in-circles)
“Regret comes in all shapes and sizes. Some are small like when we do a bad thing...”
– One Tree Hill (via girlmeets-world)
“It is possible for a dictator to govern in a liberal way. And it is also...”
– Friedrich Hayek (via nathanielstuart)
“The question isn’t whether you have a good master or a bad master. It’s to be...”
– Alan Keyes (via nathanielstuart)
“The question isn’t whether you have a good master or a bad master. It’s to be...”
– Alan Keyes (via nathanielstuart)
“It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.”
– Chinese Proverb (via quote-book)
“It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.”
– Chinese Proverb (via quote-book)
“If you want to have good ideas you must have many ideas. Most of them will be...”
– Linus Pauling (via nathanielstuart)
“If you want to have good ideas you must have many ideas. Most of them will be...”
– Linus Pauling (via nathanielstuart)
“In our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until,...”
– Aeschylus
http://www.morec.com/rfk.htm
“The cause of all our personal problems and nearly all the problems of the world...”
– Bo Lozoff (via notsosly)
“The cause of all our personal problems and nearly all the problems of the world...”
– Bo Lozoff (via notsosly)
“Learning results from what the student does and thinks and only from what the...”
– Herbert Simon
You will be 1 of 7 billion at the end of 2011 «... →
In 1800 the world’s population was 1 billion
In 2045 it could be 9 billion
Every second, 5 people are born and 2 people die
1960: the average person lived 53 years
2010: the average person lived 69 years
2008: 70% of us lived in megacities* versus rural areas
In 1975, there were only 3 megacities Mexico City, Tokyo and NYC
Now in 2011 there are 21 megacities
Standing shoulder to...
You will be 1 of 7 billion at the end of 2011 «... →
In 1800 the world’s population was 1 billion
In 2045 it could be 9 billion
Every second, 5 people are born and 2 people die
1960: the average person lived 53 years
2010: the average person lived 69 years
2008: 70% of us lived in megacities* versus rural areas
In 1975, there were only 3 megacities Mexico City, Tokyo and NYC
Now in 2011 there are 21 megacities
Standing shoulder to...
“When you love people & have the desire to make a profound, positive impact...”
– Sasha Azevedo (via kari-shma)
“When you love people & have the desire to make a profound, positive impact...”
– Sasha Azevedo (via kari-shma)
“Peace- it does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise or hard work....”
– K. Jenner (via shermeanuhh)
“Peace- it does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise or hard work....”
– K. Jenner (via shermeanuhh)
“Genius, in truth, means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an...”
– William James (via nathanielstuart)
“Genius, in truth, means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an...”
– William James (via nathanielstuart)
“Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and...”
– Susan B. Anthony (via nathanielstuart)
“A ship in port is safe; but that is not what ships are built for.”
– Grace Hopper (via nathanielstuart)
“A ship in port is safe; but that is not what ships are built for.”
– Grace Hopper (via nathanielstuart)
“Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and...”
– Susan B. Anthony (via nathanielstuart)
“In the name of the best within you, do not sacrifice this world to those who are...”
– Ayn Rand (via nathanielstuart) 