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"Friendship must be about something." --C.S. Lewis C.S. Lewis wrote a classical interpretation of many emotions central to hu...

For some, poetry aims highly at several things. As an art form it uses language in new and creative ways to express ideas and emotions; it...

"Some harm that people do to themselves or others may appear to  outsiders to be less grave..." -- Forgiving Yourself by Beverly...

"Lying on the bed of arrows, Bhisma thinks of me, and my mind is gone to him, to that repository of knowledge. Strive for truth. Be go...

In the culturing process, the many decisions of our parents and childhood caretakers become habits, and they become our own when adults. T...

"Men have forgotten this truth... The eyes are blind. One must look with the heart." --The Little Prince by Antoine de St.Exuper...

"Men have forgotten this truth... The eyes are blind. One must look with the heart." --The Little Prince by Antoine de St. Exuper...

"A thing is only completely our own when it is a thing of joy." Sadhana by R. Tagore Investigating further into the work of Rab...

Simple Mind is away from the computer. The following appeared here earlier this year, January 2, 2009. Assumptions--are just that, assumptio...

"A human being is beautiful and may be revealed as beautiful to another human being." --Love and Responsibility by Karol Wojtyla, ...

The Ideal of Forgiveness, a tale from India. Gopal's Eternal Brother Once there was a great king named Vishwamitra. One day he learned t...

Assumptions--are just that, assumptions. To the Simple Mind, we are aware that things change, and in fact it is desirable because if they di...