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  • 10 Penetrating Quotes on Contemplation from an American Monk

    10 Penetrating Quotes on Contemplation from an American Monk0

    Of Thomas Merton (1915-1968), the Dalai Lama once said, “Merton introduced me to the real meaning of the word ‘Christian.’” Of himself, Merton describes his early journey to becoming a Trappist monk below: “[I] spurned New York, spat on Chicago, and tromped on Louisville, heading for the woods with Thoreau in one pocket, John of

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  • 10 Noam Chomsky Quotes That Reach Across the Political Aisle

    10 Noam Chomsky Quotes That Reach Across the Political Aisle0

    1. “If we don’t believe in free expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.”   2. “Mass education was designed to turn independent farmers into docile, passive tools of production. That was its primary purpose. And don’t think people didn’t know it. They knew it and they fought against it. There was

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  • 10 New Year’s Resolutions Courtesy of Thomas Jefferson

    10 New Year’s Resolutions Courtesy of Thomas Jefferson0

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  • 10 Mel Brooks Witticisms in Honor of His 91st Birthday

    10 Mel Brooks Witticisms in Honor of His 91st Birthday0

    Today is Mel Brooks’ 91st birthday. He was born as Melvin Kaminsky on June 28, 1926, in Brooklyn, New York.   Best known for being an American actor and director, Brooks is considered one of the great comedic directors of the modern era. He has directed and appeared in such films as Blazing Saddles, Space

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  • 10 Lessons Marcus Aurelius Learned From His Father

    10 Lessons Marcus Aurelius Learned From His Father0

    Marcus Aurelius (121-180 A.D.), the last of Rome’s Five Great Emperors, was in many ways the paradigm of Plato’s philosopher king. His Meditations (essentially a diary written for himself) reveal a man striving for peace through wisdom, self-control, and stoical acceptance of the pain and pitfalls that accompany life. In Aurelius’ case, tragedy came early.

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  • 10 Interesting Historical Facts about European Monasteries

    10 Interesting Historical Facts about European Monasteries0

    Monasteries began cropping up in corners of the Roman Empire even before Rome “officially” fell in 476 A.D. Rome had brought order to the Western world for nearly 1,000 years. In its absence, the monastery, which began as small religious settlements, would eventually grow into the dominant religious, cultural, educational, and economic institution of the

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