Resultados para "Aphorisms" en Relaciones, crianza y desarrollo personal

By the author of the modern classic The Black Swan, this collection of aphorisms and meditations expresses his major ideas in ways you least expect. The Bed of Procrustes takes its title from Greek mythology: the story of a man who made his visitors fit his bed to perfection by either stretching them or cutting their limbs. It represents Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s view of modern civilization’s hubristic side effects.

What remains when the disturbances of the mind become still? First published in 1889, William Q. Judge’s The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali introduced generations of English-language readers to one of the foundational texts of classical yoga philosophy. Far removed from the modern image of yoga as primarily physical exercise, Patanjali’s aphorisms explore concentration, meditation, discipline, perception, consciousness, attachment, extraordinary states of mind, and ultimately liberation.

To soon old, too late smart. Over the course of my life, I have happened upon sayings that apply to specific situations in our lives. Actually, they relate powerful lessons. Over time, I jotted down many of these real-world insights and also began to compile a list of my personal experiences that I expected to pass along to my children. But I was married for 13 years then divorced. We were not blessed with children. So I passed these sayings along to pipe fitter apprentices who worked with me, and the lessons were received very well.