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Famous sayings.
“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.”
- William James
- 1902
Moral Agency
You cannot control every thought that enters your mind, but you can learn to control which thoughts receive your attention. That ability gives you real power over stress.
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“Truth is stranger than fiction…[which] is obliged to stick to possibilities;”
- Mark Twain
- 1897
Fiction
Fiction lives within the possibilities of reality. Truth must answer to reality itself.
Critical Thinking
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“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.”
- Carl Sagan
- 1979
Secular Spirituality
Embrace a secular approach to your spirituality. It grounds awe and meaning in observable human experience. For sure, judge spiritual claims against measurable effects.
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“The historian without his facts is rootless…the facts without their historian are…meaningless.”
- E. H. Carr
- 1961
Philosophy of History
Carr’s 1961 quote reminds us that facts do not become history by themselves. History emerges when evidence is selected, organized, interpreted, and placed into a meaningful story.
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“In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary.”
- Thomas Aquinas
- circa 1265
Situational Ethics
Situational ethics, like Just War Theory, can be brought down to your life. When you cannot turn the other cheek, strive for a response that is proportionate and never exceeds the harm done.
Philosophy
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“A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.”
- David Hume
- 1748
Belief
Your confidence in an idea, whether scientific or spiritual, should rise with support, not desire.
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