"Many mickles make a muckle." It's an old Scottish proverb that was one of George Washington's favorite sayings. A mickle is a little thing. Many of them add up to

In Greek mythology, Pygmalion was a sculptor who chiseled a beautiful woman out of ivory. He was so smitten by his carved effigy that he fell in love with her.

It seems as if the phrase "no brainer" could be considered denigratory. But from its first appearance in the English lexicon in 1968 the intention has been to denote a

You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. –Marcus AureliusThe stoics knew a thing or two regarding the locus of control. The

If you say its name, it no longer exists. Thus begins the clever riddle Dr. Lessing presents to Guido Orefice in the exceptionally moving film Life is Beautiful. Notwithstanding its

Imagine you're wearing a perfectly fitted, custom tailored fine suit. It's the most comfortable outfit you own, made of exquisite material that feels wonderful on your skin. There's just one

The concept of karma has permeated much of our culture. The result of a person's actions - from this lifetime or prior ones - coming back around and catching up.

A penny for your thoughts. The phrase was coined in 1522 by Sir Thomas More who wrote, "It often happeth, that the very face sheweth the mind walking a pilgrimage,

David and Jack are about to be viciously mauled by a werewolf. Jack will die while David miraculously survives with only bite wounds. And thus begins the 1980s thriller movie

A friend related an experience from when she was a little girl attending the movie theater with her father. The film was not very good, and my friend was terribly

Suffering, according to Buddhism, is the existential reality of the human condition. It is called the first noble truth, and we all have poignant personal experiences to relate. However, it

In the late 1960s at the University of Pennsylvania, experiments conducted on dogs led to some remarkable findings. The canines were split into three groups. In Group 1, each dog