Search results for “individuality”
The Art of Self-Renewal: The Pioneering Social Scientist John Gardner on How to Keep Your Work and Your Spirit Alive Over the Long Run
“The self-renewing man … looks forward to an endless and unpredictable dialogue between his potentialities an the claims of life – not only the claims he encounters but the claims he invents.”
The Breathtaking Love Letters of Violet Trefusis and Vita Sackville-West
“All the hoardings of my imagination I have laid bare to you. There isn’t a recess in my brain into which you haven’t penetrated.”
Aldous Huxley on Drugs, Democracy, and Religion
“Generalized intelligence and mental alertness are the most powerful enemies of dictatorship and at the same time the basic conditions of effective democracy.”
The 13 Best Books of 2013: The Definitive Annual Reading List of Overall Favorites
Soul-stirring, brain-expanding reads on intuition, love, grief, attention, education, and the meaning of life.
The 13 Best Science and Technology Books of 2013
The wonders of the gut, why our brains are wired to be social, what poetry and math have in common, swarm intelligence vs. “God,” and more.
A “Dynamic Interaction”: How We Learn (and Unlearn) the Language of Love
From developmental psychology to Timothy Leary, a reframing of love as deliberate mastery rather than magical thinking.
Pioneering Psychologist Jerome Bruner on the 6 Pillars of Creativity and How to Master the Art of “Effective Surprise”
“Passion, like discriminating taste, grows on its use. You more likely act yourself into feeling than feel yourself into action.”
Conformity and the Instinct of Rebellion: Norman Mailer Channels His Departed Friend, the Pioneering Psychologist Robert Lindner
“Because of the instinct of rebellion man has never been content with the limits of his mind: it has led him to inquire its secrets of the universe, to gather and learn and manipulate the fabulous inventory of the cosmos, to seek the very mysteries of creation.”
The Greatest Commencement Address of All Time: Joseph Brodsky’s Six Rules for Playing the Game of Life Like a Winner
“Of all the parts of your body, be most vigilant over your index finger, for it is blame-thirsty. A pointed finger is a victim’s logo.”
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