“The Old Testament is this vault which rises in a single rib, in a single groin, and the New Testament is the same rib that returns […]. And the keystone of this mystic vault is Jesus.”–Charles Péguy The windows that exclude weather and let in the light are the doctors who stand against the storms of […]

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Review the events of the day, very briefly, before retiring. Keep a good sense of humour even if you lose your shirt. Hear the other side before you judge. Don’t cry over split milk. Learn to do one thing as well as anyone on earth can do it. Use your company manners on your family. […]

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* The beyond makes it’s base seem unreal. * The seed for the tree is an impossible memory. * Accurate notions of self annihilate death. * The self beyond self fears not its dissolution. * The self returning is formless as a half-remembered dream. * Only the memory possesses form. * Vertical ascent is timeless.

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“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.” – Aristotle Aristotle (384-322) is among the most influential philosophers in human history, often considered with Plato to be the “father of Western Philosophy.” Aristotle was interested in moral and ethical philosophy concerning the good life. He taught and practiced […]

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