Brian Weiner

Stay true to yourself, yet always be open to learn. Work hard, and never give up on your dreams, even when nobody else believes they can come true but you. These are not cliches but real tools you need no matter what you do in life to stay focused on…

The most simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them. PAULO COELHO Some people see a leaf, others see a miraculous symmetry of interconnecting veins, delicately interwoven within an organic fabric of cells. Some people see a bug, while others put that longhorn…

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…