Brian Weiner

If you bring the fire from the skies, you had best be prepared for the repercussions. Happy Saturday!

This is my most favorite line of dialogue from the movie Braveheart. In the aphorism above, I attribute the words to William Wallace who speaks the line of dialogue in the movie.In truth, the quotation truly goes to Randall Wallace, who wrote Braveheart. There is no historical support that William…

A positive state of mental acuity delivers results unparalleled by any other frame of reference.  Trying to maintain a positive frame of mind requires discipline, determination, focus, perspective, courage and a generous dose of optimism. A good chef maintains these ingredients in their mind so as to counter any contrary…

The long-standing battle between freedom and responsibility is as old as time. Human beings believe that they want freedom above almost anything else, but when they are finally free, the accompanying responsibility can be overwhelming. History is riddled with continued accounts of a society that is bristling under the weight…

One of the great joys of putting these aphorisms together as a pastime is the ability to sift through so many brilliant minds, looking for something that sparks my attention.  Concurrently, I am sifting through all sorts of beautiful art, looking for visuals with a meaning that adds depth to…

There is true magic in perspective. Often times we are rewarded by having access to what we traditionally see under fresh circumstances. Take for example, the child who was reticent to go to school a couple years ago. Are they anxious to attend now? When a shift in perspective facilitates…

I don’t know, I’m not sure. I really need to learn more about this, before I decide. Perhaps, if I listen with an open mind, I might learn something from an intelligent person who has disparate life experiences to my own, and I might grow and potentially change my opinion…

The advancing rate of change has massively impacted humanity. When I was a child, things definitely changed, but it was nowhere near as much, and it did not seem to happen as quickly as things are changing now.  I was fortunate to grow up with a father who loved all…

Have you ever contemplated infinity? In the world of advertising, we are continually bound by our client’s counsel, never to use words that have an absolute value attached to them. Words like: forever, always, impossible and never. We cannot use these words, because as soon as an advertisement expresses an…

What is love? Forgetting about the specific definition that relates to emotion, what is love? Per Deepak Chopra, “We think of thoughts as occurring only in our head, but that is because we experience them as linguistically structured thought, that is verbally elite and that speaks to us in our…