Search results for “leadership”
The Timeless Magic of the Book in the Age of Technology: Hermann Hesse on Why We Read and Always Will
“If anyone wants to try to enclose in a small space, in a single house or a single room, the history of the human spirit and to make it his own, he can only do this in the form of a collection of books.”
Walt Whitman on How Literature Bolsters Democracy and Why a Robust Society Is a Feminist Society
“America, if eligible at all to downfall and ruin, is eligible within herself, not without… Always inform yourself; always do the best you can; always vote.”
Men, Women, and Our Limiting Mythology of Success
A courageous challenge to the stories we tell ourselves about what should make us happy.
When Woman Is Boss: Nikola Tesla on Gender Equality and How Technology Will Unleash Women’s True Potential
The legendary inventor predicts “the acquisition of new fields of endeavor by women” and “their gradual usurpation of leadership.”
How to Change Minds: Blaise Pascal on the Art of Persuasion
“People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come into the mind of others.”
The Savage and the Scholar: Polish Nobel Laureate Wisława Szymborska on the Role of the Artist in Humanizing Our History
“The poet, regardless of education, age, sex, and tastes, remains in his heart of hearts the spiritual heir of primitive humanity.”
A Nonbeliever’s Case for the Bible: How a Secular Reading of Scripture Enlarges Our Experience of Beauty, Morality, and Transcendence
From Blake to Bach, why the ancient text long stripped of fact remains essential to our grasp of poetic truth.
David Foster Wallace on Why You Should Use a Dictionary, How to Write a Great Opener, and the Measure of Good Writing
“Really good writing [is] able to get across massive amounts of information and various favorable impressions of the communicator with minimal effort on the part of the reader.”
William James on the Psychology of the Second Wind and What Enables Us to Transcend Our Limits
“Compared with what we ought to be, we are only half awake… We are making use of only a small part of our possible mental and physical resources.”
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