Quote of the Day “Solitude in the wilderness changes your experience of time. Normal life happens in ordinary time—the commute to work / do the dishes sense of time. But the wilderness marks time in eons; nothing changes quickly. The
Quote of the Day “Thirty-five percent of Americans over forty-five are chronically lonely. Only 8 percent of Americans report having important conversations with their neighbors in a given year. In 1950, less than 10 percent of households were single-person households;
Quote of the Day “Many men have a sensation that they are under-living their lives. Centuries ago there was a common word for what these people are going through: acedia. This word is used much less frequently today, which is
Quote of the Day “‘Learning how to think’ really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think. It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how
Quote of the Day “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing. A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is
Quote of the Day “If you only put into action half of what you read, you’d already be a millionaire.” – Scott Young
Quote of the Day “One day, the poet Christian Wiman was working in his kitchen when a falcon landed on the windowsill, about three feet from him. The bird scanned the trees below and the building across the street, but
Quote of the Day “Why is God doing this to me? Did I do something wrong? I’m not tough enough for this.” – Turner, again crying about his ear ache around midnight.
Quote of the Day “This is too much for me.” – Turner, crying on our bedroom floor at 11:30 P.M. with an ear ache.
Quote of the Day “The work we do is a reflection of who we are. If we’re sloppy at it, it’s because we’re sloppy inside. If we’re late at it, it’s because we’re late inside. If we’re bored by it,