“A life of love is one of continual growth, where the doors and windows of experience are always open to the wonder and magic that life offers. To love is to risk living fully.” -Leo Buscaglia
Daily Quote: Stephen Spender
“My single pair of eyes Contain the universe they see; Their mirrored multiplicity Is packed into a hollow body Where I reflect the many, in my one.” -Stephen Spender
Daily Quote: Yehuda Amichai
From the place where we are right flowers will never grow in the Spring. The place where we are right is hard and trampled like a yard. But doubts and loves dig up the world like a mole, a plough. And a whisper will be heard in the place where the ruined house once stood. [...]
Living in the Future: Spider Silk can Stop a Train, “Tricorders” on the horizon, and Carbon Storage through Adsorbtion
This week on We are Living in the Future: Spider silk is often referred to as stronger than Kevlar, or steel – but physics students at the University of Leicester have shown that it has “super powers” too. Inspired by the movie “Spider Man 2″, where Spider Man uses his webbing to stop a speeding [...]
Daily Quote: Steve Jobs
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with [...]
Daily Quote: Henry Beecher
“The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t” -Henry Ward Beecher
Daily Quote: Wislawa Szymborska
“Inspiration is not the exclusive privilege of poets or artists. There is, there has been, there will always be a certain group of people whom inspiration visits. It’s made up of all those who’ve consciously chosen their calling and do their job with love and imagination. It may include doctors, teachers, gardeners — I could [...]
Living in the Future: Cyborgs who hear colors, real-life tractor beams, and proteins folding on “film”
This week on We are Living in the Future: People who have been augmented with technology to aid them have long been called “cyborgs” in science fiction. For one person, this science-fiction term is a reality. Neil Harbisson was born with a rare genetic condition that made him completely colorblind. As an adult, he became [...]
Daily Quote: Julia Cameron
When I listen to love, I am listening to my true nature. When I express love, I am expressing my true nature. All of us love. All of us do it more and more perfectly. The past has brought us both ashes and diamonds. In the present we find the flowers of what we’ve planted and [...]
Daily Quote: Ash Wednesday
”Ashes on the forehead is a sign of our humanity and a reminder of our mortality. Lent is not a matter of being good, and wearing ashes is not to show off one’s faith. The ashes are a reminder to us and our communities of our finite creatureliness. The ashes we wear on our Lenten [...]
