Very few athletes have the chance to be brought into the White House.
I have two teenage sons, and they're both surviving, thriving, and having a great time, and they're always on social media.
We don't just respond to things as we see them, or feel them, or hear them. Rather, our response is conditioned on our beliefs, about what they really are, what they came from, what they're made of, what their hidden nature is.
Families survive the terrible twos because toddlers aren't strong enough to kill with their hands and aren't capable of using lethal weapons.
We are constituted so that simple acts of kindness, such as giving to charity or expressing gratitude, have a positive effect on our long-term moods. The key to the happy life, it seems, is the good life: a life with sustained relationships, challenging work, and connections to community.
It's hard to pull apart empathy from compassion. What is really clear is that we innately care for other people at least to some extent.
Philosophers have often looked for the defining feature of humans — language, rationality, culture, and so on. I'd stick with this: Man is the only animal that likes Tabasco sauce.
Our family arrived in England in 1960. At that time I thought the war was ancient history. But if I think of 15 years ago from now, thats 1990, and that seems like yesterday to me.
Some dogs act like people and some people act like dogs.
Commit all your crimes when Sachin is batting. They will go unnoticed because even the Lord is watching.
Our toil is lessened, and our wealth is increased, by our dominion over the useful animals. . .