Marc Gilbert-Widmann

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  • Quote of the Day 21 January 2014 – Desolate

    “Oftentimes we call Life bitter names, but only when we ourselves are bitter and dark. And we deem her empty and unprofitable, but only when the soul goes wandering in desolate places, and the heart is drunken with over-mindfulness of self. Life is deep and high and distant; and though only your vast vision can…

  • Quote of the Day 20 January 2014 – empirical evidence

    “On the philosophical level, both Buddhism and modern science share a deep suspicion of any notion of absolutes, whether conceptualize as a transcendent being, as an eternal, unchanging principle such as soul, or as a fundamental substratum of reality. … In the Buddhist investigation of reality, at least in principle, empirical evidence should triumph over…

  • Debunking Blood-Type Diet Debunkers – I’m The Proof

    FACT CHECK: My first impression of this study is that while they recognize certain factors and results as anecdotal, I find ALL results and assumptions anecdotal because of the nature and uncontrollable variables of the study. Scientific factors and explanations aside, this study is flawed. This study (by design) does not meet the standards of…

  • Quote of the Day 17 January 2014 – Perception

    “Even if it were possible to cast my horoscope in this one life, and to make an accurate prediction about my future, it would not be possible to ‘show’ it to me because as soon as I saw it my future would change by definition. This is why Werner Heisenberg‘s adaptation of the Hays Office—the…

  • Quote of the Day 16 January 2014 – World

    “I don’t think the world is the way we like to think it is. I don’t think it’s one solid world, but many, thousands upon thousands of them–as many as there are people–because each person perceives the world in his or her own way; each lives in his or her own world. Sometimes they connect,…

  • Anonymous Quote of the Day 15 January 2014 – Believe

    If you resist reading what you disagree with, how will you ever acquire deeper insights into what you believe? The things most worth reading are precisely those that challenge our convictions. Related articles College Students Anonymously Create Beautiful Illustrated Quotes on a Classroom Chalkboard Each Week Court rules anonymous Yelp trolls must be identified The…

  • Quote of the Day 14 January 2014 – Time

    “…unfortunately, it’s true: time does heal. It will do so whether you like it or not, and there’s nothing anyone can do about it. If you’re not careful, time will take away everything that ever hurt you, everything you have ever lost, and replace it with knowledge. Time is a machine: it will convert your…

  • Quote of the Day 13 January 2014 – Relationships

    “Happiness is not something that you can find, acquire, or achieve directly. You have to get the conditions right and then wait. Some of those conditions are within you, such as coherence among the parts and levels of your personality. Other conditions require relationships to things beyond you: Just as plants need sun, water, and…

  • Marc’s Thought of the Day 11 January 2014 – Target

    It was before Thanksgiving and it might have been before Halloween. I remember specifically the first Christmas commercial I saw this year was from Target. And I said to myself, “these bastards are opening on Thanksgiving” AND they push back the calendar used for Christmas advertising a bit farther. I consciously said to myself, “I…

  • Quote of the Day 10 January 2014 – Leakage

    Your mind is an instrument, a tool. It is there to be used for a specific task, and when the task is completed, you lay it down. As it is, I would say about 80 to 90 percent of most people’s thinking is not only repetitive and useless, but because of its dysfunctional and often…