COMPASSION

Affirmation of life is the spiritual act by which man ceases to live thoughtlessly and begins to devote himself to his life
with reverence in order to give it true value.
— Albert Schweitzer

12/09/2013

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Astronaut Mark Kelly joins near-space tourism company World View







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"Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent"   - Hannah Arendt


"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life." - Steve Jobs




« Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death. » 
Montesquieu

 
  Consumer Culture is Bad for Mindfulness

 
"Don't put a label on yourself. Artist. Scientist. Etc. It narrows your possibilities."  - John Maeda


Neuroenhancement: Enhancing brain and mind in health and in disease


“There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesn’t exist.” —Fernando Pessoa

 
« Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect. » Rousseau 


Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. -Mother Teresa



It is extraordinary how many emotional storms one may weather in safety if one is ballasted with ever so little gold. ~ William McFee


 There is no safer store of value than gold. ~ Alan Greenspan


 
The first to apologize is the bravest, the first to forgive the strongest, and the first to forget the happiest
  


It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan. ― Eleanor Roosevelt


You can't let other people tell you who you are. You have to decide that for yourself.

 
Music is well said to be the speech of angels. ~ Thomas Carlyle 


 
Never stop learning, because life never stops teaching. ― Unknown



« The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping. »Dale Carnegie 




3 martlets on a print by Eric Gill, 1914



My open access mini review with Roger Lemon. What we know currently about mirror neurons. Also comparing MNs to BOLD



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3 martlets on a print by Eric Gill, 1914 




  New York Times

Invisible Child

 
There are more than 22,000 homeless children in New York, the highest number since the Great Depression. This is one of their stories. 

 
 Homeless Girl in the Shadows 
 
 
 





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"The term bubble should indicate a price that no reasonable future outcome can justify.”
-Clifford Asness H/T








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