Thought of the Moment

I’m happy when what I’m doing is helping people and unhappy when what I’m doing isn’t helping people.

- Chuck Feeney Read more

Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?

- Marcus Aurelius Read more

Truth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is. And you must bend to its power or live a lie.

- Miyamoto Musashi Read more

Our opinion of the world is often an expression of our character. Read more

"First, we should concentrate each day on the happiness portfolio: faith, family, community, and earned success through work. Teach it to those around you, and fight against the barriers to these things. Second, resist the worldly formula of misery, which is to use people and love things. Instead, remember your core values and live by the true formula: Love people and use things. Third, celebrate the free enterprise system, which creates abundance for the most people—especially the poor. Read more

It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.

- Dag Hammarskjold Read more

Angry people want you to see how powerful they are.

Loving people want you to see how powerful you are.

- Chief Red Eagle Read more

Being fulfilled is far more important than being successful because success is measured by others who carry values that may be different from ours, while fulfillment is something we feel deep within. Read more

The practice of self-responsibility begins with the recognition that I am ultimately responsible for my own existence; that no one else is here to serve me, take care of me, or fill my needs; I am the owner of no one's life but my own. This means that I am willing to generate the causes of the effects I want. It also means that if I need the cooperation of others in the pursuit of my goals, I must provide them with reasons meaningful in terms of their own interests and needs; my wants per se are not a claim on anyone.

- Nathaniel Branden Read more

When you're not sure which of two choices to make, flip a coin. Heads = choice 1, tails = choice 2. While the coin is in the air, you'll likely realize which of the two choices you're hoping for. Read more