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In times of uncertainty, when a seemingly big decision looms, we often agonize over how to move forward. ...

Have you come to a point in your life where the pursuits of your younger years no longer seem ...

People have long been fascinated by their fellow humans’ daily routines -- particularly the routines of ...

When we think about our friends and significant others, we sometimes feel to say: “I love X about them, ...

Confession: For most of my life, I haven’t been a consistent flosser.  Brushing my teeth two ...

When Primo Levi was imprisoned at Auschwitz, he was puzzled to find that a fellow inmate would vigorously ...

With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we’ve decided to republish a classic piece each Friday to ...

A few months after Winston Churchill took office as prime minister, the German military began an ...

The project of building your life can profitably be compared to the construction of an edifice. When ...

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

Emerson famously said "society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its ...

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 ...

With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we’ve decided to republish a classic piece each Friday to ...

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

With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we’ve decided to republish a classic piece each Friday to ...

I've dealt with depression in my life. My body temperature also seems to run hot; in fact my wife Kate has ...

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 ...