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Walt Whitman on Donald Trump, How Literature Bolsters Democracy, and Why a Robust Society Is a Feminist Society

David Bowie Answers the Famous Proust Questionnaire

Richard Feynman - Ode to a Flower

Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. ~Bill Watterson

Know Your Clouds!

Rising Strong: Brené Brown on the Physics of Vulnerability and What Resilient People Have in Common by Maria Popova

The Art of “Negative Capability”: Keats on Embracing Uncertainty and Celebrating the Mysterious | Brain Pickings

Power of Unconditional Love: How Neurologist Oliver Sacks’ Beloved Aunt Shaped His Life and Inspired His Courageous Dance with Death

May 20, 1990: Advice on Life and Creative Integrity from Calvin and Hobbes Creator Bill Watterson | Brain Pickings

Beatrix Potter, Mycologist: The Beloved Children’s Book Author’s Little-Known Scientific Studies and Illustrations of Mushrooms

How Naming Confers Dignity Upon Life And Gives Dignity to Existence

The Science of Stress and How Our Emotions Affect Our Susceptibility to Burnout and Disease | Brain Pickings

How Kindness Became Our Forbidden Pleasure

The Art of Biophilia: Extraordinary Mosaics Incorporating Earth's Most Colorful Creatures

The Dalai Lama’s Daily Routine and Information Diet

The Poetic Species: Legendary Sociobiologist E.O. Wilson in Conversation with Poet Laureate Robert Hass on Science Poetry | Brain Pickings

Why We Ignore the Obvious: The Psychology of Willful Blindness | Brain Pickings

The Relationship Between Creativity and Mental Illness | Brain Pickings

The free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. ~John Steinbeck

The Science of "Intuition"

The Crossroads of Should and Must: An Intelligent Illustrated Field Guide to Finding Your Bliss | Brain Pickings

Brené Brown on Vulnerability, Human Connection, and the Difference Between Empathy and Sympathy, Animated | Brain Pickings

Why bees build perfect hexagons

Change the Narrative, Change Your Destiny: How James Baldwin Read His Way Out of Harlem and into Literary Greatness

Anne Lamott on Grief, Grace, and Gratitude

How to Love: Legendary Zen Buddhist Teacher Thich Nhat Hanh on Mastering the Art of “Interbeing” | Brain Pickings

In Pieces: French Illustrator Marion Fayolle’s Wordless Narratives About Human Relationships | Brain Pickings

Stephen King on Writing and Wakeful Dreaming

50 Awesome Resources to Help You Be a Better Writer (and Content Marketer), by Jeff Haden for Inc

Anne Lamott on Writing and Why Perfectionism Kills Creativity | Brain Pickings

Mary Oliver on How Habit Gives Shape to Our Inner Lives

Bark: An Intimate Look At The World's Trees

Five Visualizations to Grasp the Scale of the Universe

What is the most epic flowchart ever created?

Happy Birthday, Design Matters: 10 Years of Stimulating and Ennobling Interviews with Creative Icons

Mind and Cosmos: Philosopher Thomas Nagel’s Brave Critique of Scientific Reductionism | Brain Pickings

15 worthy resolutions for 2015 from some of history's greatest minds, from Virginia Woolf to Bruce Lee

The Day Dostoyevsky Discovered the Meaning of Life in a Dream | Brain Pickings

Joan Didion’s Favorite Books of All Time, in a Handwritten Reading List

Neil deGrasse Tyson's list of 8 books every intelligent person should read...

Famous Writers’ Sleep Habits vs. Literary Productivity, Visualized | Brain Pickings

Self-Scrutiny Applied with Kindness: Epictetus Wisdom on Happiness and How Philosophy Helps Us Answer the Soul’s Cry | Brain Pickings

The Definitive Reading List of the 14 Best Books of 2014 Overall | Brain Pickings

The Neuroscience of Love

Richard Dawkins on the Science of Why You Are Lucky to Be Alive

Pocket List: Pocket Hits 2014

Madeleine L’Engle on Creativity, Hope, Getting Unstuck, and How Studying Science Enriches Art | Brain Pickings

Varieties of Scientific Experience: Carl Sagan on Science and God | Brain Pickings

Big Thinkers On The Only Things We Should Worry About

The Paradox of Active Surrender: Jeanette Winterson on How Learning to Understand Art Transforms Us | Brain Pickings

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