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John Berger, R.I.P.
John Berger, a world-famous polymath — critic, artist, screenwriter, novelist, poet, dramatist, artist, commentator, and storyteller — died January 2, 2017, in the Paris suburb of Antony at the …
What You Do
Literary Wisdom
There's something to be said for sitting still and letting things clear, the way morning fog burns off the lake.
— George Witte, American poet
Medical Wisdom
The small am…
Kindness: The Passport to a Happy World
Artwork by: Avishi Gurnani, age 12
Written by: Siddhant Raj
Until a few weeks ago, I had no idea what kind of effort goes into the simple act of peeling a potato.
Beauty in the Darkness
Let this darkness be a bell tower
and you the bell. As you ring,
what batters you becomes your strength.
Move back and forth into the change.
What is it like, such intensity of pain?
If the dri…
Love as a Spiritual Practice
Spiritual Wisdom
Love is not something that you just fall into, as the romantic songs suggest. Love is a spiritual practice. You can get better at it over time.
— Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat…
Becoming Beautiful
Native American Wisdom
Beauty, in our eyes, is always fresh and living, even as God, the Great Mystery, dresses the world anew at each season of the year.
— Ohiyesa in The Wisdom of the Nati…
By the Glorious Morning Light
Artwork by: Artwork by: Artur Zhuk, age 13
Written by: Fatima Shafi
1 By the glorious morning light;
2 and by the night when it darkens,
3 your Lord has not forsaken you, nor is H…
The Story of Life and Death
By Fatima Kazim
Everyone’s life is a story
Welcome to My Commonplace Book
A Commonplace Book is an annotated personal anthology. The curator gathers material that strikes his or her fancy: excerpts from books, quotes, poems, lines from movies, lyrics from songs, newspaper…
Choices to Make
Political Wisdom
When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.
— Shirley Chisholm, American politician, U.S. Representative