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Mind Training for Strength

A “Mind Training” Technique That Makes You Stronger

The word “visualization” sometimes conjures up images of new age gurus teaching esoteric techniques for personal enlightenment and “attracting” what you want into your life. This causes many evidence-based types to scoff. However, piles of research has shown that mental imagery (aka … Read More

Change the World

Change the World by Being Who You Are

It’s easy to think that we don’t have an impact. It’s easy to say “I’m too small” or think that what you do doesn’t matter. That’s a lie. Every action you take ripples out into the world. Yes, you are an expression of the universe. But the universe is also an expression … Read More

Dalai Lama Beyond Religion

The Dalai Lama Talks Secular Ethics in Beyond Religion (EXCERPT)

Editor's note: The following is excerpted from "Beyond Religion" by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Reproduced by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. I am an old man now. I was born in 1935 in a small village in northeastern Tibet. For reasons beyond my control, I have … Read More

Inspirational Quotes

“Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.”

- W. Clement Stone

“In all affairs it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.”

- Bertrand Russell

To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. – Howard Zinn

Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world. – Noam Chomsky

The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

- Samuel Johnson

War itself is the enemy of the human race. – Howard Zinn

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement, but rather a fresh stimulus.

-Robert South

“Whatever you dwell on in the conscious grows in your experience.”
- Brian Tracy

“Your ability to set goals for yourself is the master skill of success.”

- Brian Tracy

You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it. – Noam Chomsky