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If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following. There would be:
Last week I took my children to a restaurant. My six-year-old son asked if he could say grace. As we bowed our heads he said, "God is good. God is great. Thank you for the food, and I would even thank you more if Mom gets us ice cream for desse
A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.
Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and r
A man and his son were walking in the forest. Suddenly the boy trips and feeling a sharp pain he screams Ahhhhhhhhh . Surprised he hears a voice coming from the mountain, Ahhhhhhhhh !
Filled with curiosity, he screams: Who are you , but the only answ
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René Descartes (31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a French philosopher, mathematician, and writer who spent most of his adult life in the Dutch Republic. Descartes has been dubbed the 'Father of Modern Philosophy', and much subsequent Western phi
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12 Everyday Acts of Courage to Create the Life You Really Want!
By Margie Warrell
1. The Courage to Take Responsibility Whilst you can't always control your circumstances you can always choose how you will respond to them. No matter what challenges you
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( Confucius (28 September 551 B.C. – 479 B.C.) was a Chinese social philosopher and thinker, whose teachings deeply influenced the life and thought of chinese people. Confucius was contemporary of enlightened mystic Lao Tzu)
When the mind is kept away from its preoccupation, it becomes quiet.
Time is in the mind, space is in the mind. The law of cause and effect is also a way of thinking. In reality all is here and now and all is one. Multiplicity and diversity are in the
We all possess various inner powers, but they are often in a dormant state. In order to awaken these inner powers and start using them, special training and inner work is required. Sometimes, due to various unpredicted circumstances, s
In ancient Israel, it came to pass that a trader by the name of Abraham Com did take unto himself a young wife by the name of Dot. And Dot Com was a comely woman, broad of shoulder and long of leg. Indeed, she had been called 'Amazon Dot Com.' And sh