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Control, Surrender and the Paradox of Self-Transcendence: Vintage Wisdom from the Moomins

Control, Surrender and the Paradox of Self-Transcendence: Vintage Wisdom from the Moomins

“It’s a pity that exciting things always stop happening when you’re not afraid of them anymore and would like to have a little fun.”

To Paint Is to Love Again: Henry Miller on Art and Why Good Friends Are Essential for Creative Work

To Paint Is to Love Again: Henry Miller on Art and Why Good Friends Are Essential for Creative Work

“What sustains the artist is the look of love in the eyes of the beholder. Not money, not the right connections, not exhibitions, not flattering reviews.”

What to Do When Your Wife Is More Successful than You: Wise Advice from Tchaikovsky’s Father, 150 Years Ahead of Its Time

What to Do When Your Wife Is More Successful than You: Wise Advice from Tchaikovsky’s Father, 150 Years Ahead of Its Time

“Married happiness is based upon mutual respect, and you would no more permit your wife to be a kind of servant, than she would ask you to be her lackey.”

Bertrand Russell on the Vital Role of Boredom and “Fruitful Monotony” in Human Flourishing

Bertrand Russell on the Vital Role of Boredom and “Fruitful Monotony” in Human Flourishing

“A generation that cannot endure boredom will be a generation… in whom every vital impulse slowly withers, as though they were cut flowers in a vase.”

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