Gavril Nikolaev 
. “Forgive them; for they know not what they do,” Jesus is said to have said. In other words, they’re unconscious. But should you always forgive unconscious behavior of other people? I’m an optimist, but I don’t believe in blind optimism. I’m very much interested in optimism that is hard won. As a consequence, I … Read more
. “The Internet helps people help themselves,” Alexis Ohanian wrote in his book “The Story of Reddit and a Blueprint for How to Change the World.” And I couldn’t agree more. Founded in 2005, Reddit is the best place on the Internet to connect with like-minded people, ask questions, and find inspiration for your creative … Read more
“It has often been remarked that there is a side at which genius and madness touch, and even pass over into each other, and indeed poetical inspiration has been called a kind of madness: ‘amabilis insania,’ Horace calls it,” Arthur Schopenhauer famously wrote in “The World as Will and Representation.” Poetic amabilis insania descended on … Read more
. “What is hope but a feeling of optimism, a thought that says things will improve, it won’t always be bleak, there’s a way to rise above the present circumstances,” Wayne W. Dyer writes in his book There’s a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem. Then he adds, “Hope is an internal awareness that you do … Read more