“The meaning of earthly existence is not, as we have grown used to thinking, in prosperity, but in the ...

  The Epic of Gilgamesh, the Genesis creation story, Bhagavad Gita. These are just a few examples of the ...

  We live in a world that puts a premium on being “authentic” and “showing your true ...

Editor’s note: The following selection on “Will Power Habits” comes from The Technique of ...

  Do you feel overwhelmed? Do you feel like you're always busy but not productive? Do you feel like your ...

"It is circumstances (difficulties) which show what men are. Therefore when a difficulty falls upon ...

  If you’re like most people, you’ve probably got some habits you’d like to change: maybe you want ...

When the author Roald Dahl was twenty-two, he boarded a ship leaving England to start his first job working ...

  We all know those collective maxims on success: nice guys finish last; it’s not what you know, ...

The word integrity is related to the roots of words like “integrate” and “entire,” and its ...

  Interest in Stoicism has experienced a renaissance in recent years. Yet despite the increasing ...

During the Winter War, Finnish troops held off and often won astonishing victories against the Russian forces ...

  One of the primary roles of men across time and culture is that of the warrior. Indeed, how we define ...

The hallowing of Pain Like hallowing of Heaven Obtains at corporeal cost -- All -- is the Price of All ...

Sight. It’s something we all take for granted…until it stops working the way it's supposed to. While ...

Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from The Business of Living by Frank Crane. It has been ...

  A few years ago a commencement speech given at the University of Texas by a retired Navy SEAL and ...

  Almost every boy goes through a magic phase at some point in his life. When I was eight, I was ...

When most people think of frugality, they think of it primarily a way to reduce spending so they can do ...

  Last year, AoM contributor Kyle Eschenroeder published a piece on the site called "Meditations on the ...