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Editor's note: The following essay (which has been condensed from the original), was written by Elbert ...

So often in life, we get stuck in a cycle of reaction. We tackle the most urgent tasks. We deal with ...

At the end of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indy is dangling over a chasm, his father gripping one ...

Your 16-year-old self had hopes, values, dreams — a vision of what your life would be like in the ...

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Alexander the Great became king of Macedonia at age 19. By age 30 he controlled an empire that spanned ...

The heart of General George S. Patton’s martial strategy centered on aggressive, energetic ...

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Sometimes a growing family will move farther away from their workplace in order to purchase a bigger house ...

When we think about the principles which govern the universe, we typically think of laws which concern the ...

Saint Augustine defined sin as disordered love: giving one’s heart too much to things which are not ...

“I’m an idiot.” “I’m such a loser, and I always will ...

We're a month into the new year now. How are you doing on your resolutions? Have you already fallen ...

During both World Wars, Lord Moran, a physician who served as a medical officer during the first and ...

“I’m going to lose 50 pounds!” “I’m going to write a ...

Humans can be funny creatures. Especially when it comes to our relationship with work and effort, which ...

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Have you ever felt stuck in life? That you’re not progressing? You feel that to move forward, you ...

When you think of philosophy, you probably think of ancient Greece or 18th century France. You probably ...