brain pickings

When Things Fall Apart: Tibetan Buddhist Nun and Teacher Pema Chödrön on Transformation Through Difficult Times

An Illustrated Fictional Day in the Real Lives of Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein

Protected: De Profundis: Patti Smith Reads Oscar Wilde’s Stirring Letter on Suffering and Transcendence, Penned in Prison

Carl Sagan on Moving Beyond Us vs. Them,Bridging Conviction with Compassion,and Meeting Ignorance with Kindness
