Brian Weiner

If you’re afraid that books might challenge someone’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books, you’re afraid of thinking. Last week, when I picked a favorite quotation from Aldous Huxley, I was surprised to discover that Brave New World still ranks in the top 100 books suggested to be banned from…

Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. BUDDHA Are you fully content right now? Irrespective of the fire in your belly that drives you to achieve ever greater heights and propels you to new challenges and opportunities of your choosing, are you grateful…

Standing alone doesn’t mean I am alone. It means I am strong enough to handle things all by myself. Being alone does not always mean you are lonely and being lonely does not mean you are always alone. Becoming your own best friend is one of the most important of…

Understanding is an art…and not everyone is an artist. Do you understand what they are saying? To understand something requires a combination of variables as varied as the topics or subjects that one might be trying to understand. Sometimes, understanding is cerebral. The topic may be whatever it happens to…

If you make friends with yourself, you will never be alone. How often do you find yourself bored? Is it possible that boredom is a placeholder for a lack of desire to use imagination as your greatest ally? I would often hear others complain of boredom and wonder why they…

Your mind is a beautiful servant, but a dangerous master. Do you control you or does your mind control you? To many, this question appears arcane and mostly irrelevant. For most people are of the understanding that they are their mind and hence, there can only be one answer. But…

It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all along and find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than “try to be a little kinder.” ALDOUS HUXLEY Kindness is the salve that keeps humanity whole. It is…

Humanity seems to be divided between two divergent perspectives…I had to work and suffer my way through it, and so should you… OR… Since I worked and suffered my way through it, I’ll work, help or share with you to make certain that you do not. You are most certainly…

Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well. Starting with yourself. Your story is enroute. An ending will unquestionably arrive. What are you doing daily to ensure that every single one of the days in-between, counts? I wrestled with this…

Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened. ANATOLE FRANCE What is it about the unconditional love that we get from certain animals, that give us cause for our souls to awaken? Is it the way that they look at you when you do something…